The impartial and unbiased Bhagavat Bhakta

CC Madhya 13.80

নাহং বিপ্রো ন চ নরপতির্নাপি বৈশ্যো ন শূদ্রো
নাহং বর্ণী ন চ গৃহপতির্নো বনস্থো যতির্বা ।
কিন্তু প্রোদ্যন্নিখিলপরমানন্দপূর্ণামৃতাব্ধে-
র্গোপীভর্তুঃ পদকমলয়োর্দাসদাসানুদাসঃ ॥ ৮০ ॥

nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro
nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā
kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher
gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ

Synonyms

na — not; aham — I; vipraḥ — a brāhmaṇana — not; ca — also; narapatiḥ — a king or kṣatriyana — not; api — also; vaiśyaḥ — belonging to the mercantile class; na — not; śūdraḥ — belonging to the worker class; na — not; aham — I; varṇī — belonging to any caste, or brahmacārī (A brahmacārī may belong to any caste. Anyone can become a brahmacārī, or lead a life of celibacy.); na — not; ca — also; gṛhapatiḥ — householder; no — not; vanasthaḥ — vānaprastha, one who, after retirement from family life, goes to the forest to learn how to be detached from family life; yatiḥ — mendicant or renunciant;  — either; kintu — but; prodyan — brilliant; nikhila — universal; paramaānanda — with transcendental bliss; pūrṇa — complete; amṛtaabdheḥ — who is the ocean of nectar; gopībhartuḥ — of the Supreme Person, who is the maintainer of the gopīspadakamalayoḥ — of the two lotus feet; dāsa — of the servant; dāsaanudāsaḥ — the servant of the servant.

Translation

“ ‘I am not a brāhmaṇa, I am not a kṣatriya, I am not a vaiśya or a śūdra. Nor am I a brahmacārī, a householder, a vānaprastha or a sannyāsī. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the maintainer of the gopīs. He is like an ocean of nectar, and He is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is always existing with brilliance.’ ”

In Vedic society’s there are the intellectual classes , and formally, social mobility .

The essence of educational pursuit is shown in the above verse , although in Vedic Culture, there are the Vipras, the brahmanas, and the Bhagavat Bhaktas , it’s clearly shown in the verse that whatever one’s external situation may be the perfection of life is only reached by the Bhagavat Bhakta , why ? because he or she discovers the original occupation of consciousness or the soul and enters into a relationship with Krishna. Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur has written on this topic, and the book is entitled Jiva Dharma….( the occupational activity of the soul ) .

So sincere seekers of the truth of consciousness progression should aquire a copy .


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