Antya-līlā | Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 4.66
nīca-jāti nahe kṛṣṇa-bhajane ayogya
sat-kula-vipra nahe bhajanera yogya
SYNONYMS
nīca-jāti — a lowborn person; nahe — is not; kṛṣṇa-bhajane — in discharging devotional service; ayogya — unfit; sat-kula-vipra — a brāhmaṇa born in a very respectable aristocratic family; nahe — is not; bhajanera yogya — fit for discharging devotional service.
TRANSLATION
"A person born in a low family is not unfit for discharging devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, nor is one fit for devotional service simply because he is born in an aristocratic family of brāhmaṇas.
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