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Suta Uvacha
Aho vayam janmabhrito adya haasma
Briddhanuvrittyapi vilomajatah.
Douskulyam adhim vidunoti sighram
Mahattamanam abhidhana yogah.
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Aho—how, Vayam—we, Janmabhrito—promoted in birth, Adya—today, Ha—clearly, Asma—have become, Briddhanuvrittya—by serving those who are advanced in knowledge, Api—although, Vilomajatah—born in mixed caste, Douskulyam—disqualification of birth, Adhim—sufferings, Vidhunoti—purifies, Sighram—very soon, Mahattamanam—of those who are great, Abhidhana—conversation, Yogah—connection.
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Oh, God, although we are born in the mixed caste still we are distinctly promoted in our birthright simply by serving and following the great who are advanced in knowledge. Even by connection with great souls in the matter of conversation, one can cleanse up disqualification of lower birth without any delay.
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Suta Goswami did not take his birth in the family of Brahmin. He was born in the family of mixed caste or uncultured low family. But still on account of good and higher association like learning from Sri Sukadeva Goswami and again explaining them before the great Rishis of Naimsaranya, certainly the disqualification of his inferior birth was washed off. Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu followed this principles in pursuance of the Vedic usages and by His transcendental association. He elevated many low born or disqualified by birth or action to the status of devotional service and established them in the position of Acharyas or the authorities. He clearly defined that any man whatever he may be either a Brahmin or Sudra by birth, or a house-holder or mendicant by the order of society, if one is conversant with the science of Krishna, one can be accepted as the Acharya or Guru the spiritual master.
#$p#Suta Goswami learnt the science of Krishna from great Rishis and authorities like Sukdeva, Vyasdeva etc and he was so much qualified that even the sages of Naimisaranya eagerly wanted to hear from him the science of Krishna in the form of Srimad Bhagwatam. So he had double association of great souls in the matter of hearing and preaching also. Transcendental science or the science of Krishna has to be learnt from the authorities and being conversant in the science when one preaches the science, he becomes still more qualified. So Suta Goswami had both the advantages and as such undoubtedly he was completely freed from all disqualification of low birth disadvantages of mental agonies. This verse definitely proves it, that neither Srila Sukadeva Goswami denied to teach Suta Goswami about the transcendental science nor the sages of the Naimisaranya denied to have lessons from him on account of his inferior birth-right. This means that thousands of years before also there was not a bar in the matter of learning or preaching the transcendental science on account of inferior birth. The rigidity of so called caste-system in Hindu society became prominent within one hundred years or so only when the number of Dwijabandhus or disqualified men in the the family of higher castes, increased. Lord Sri Chaitanya revived original Vedic system and He elevated Thakur Haridas to the position of Namacharya or the authority in the matter of preaching the glories of the holy Name of the Lord, although His Holiness Srila Haridas Thakur was pleased to appear himself in the family of a Mahamedan.
#$p#Such is the power of pure devotees of the Lord. The Ganges water is accepted to be pure and one can become purified after taking bath in the water of the Ganges; but so far the great devotees of the Lord are concerned they can purify a degraded soul even by being seen by the low born and what to speak of associating with them? Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprbhu wanted to purify the whole atmosphere of the poluted world by sending qualified preachers all over the world and it remains with the Indians only to take up the task scientifically and thus to do the best kind of humanitarian work of preaching the holy Name of the Lord by qualified men than to immitate some stereo-typed immitation philanthropic work like opening of hospitals etc. The mental disease of the present generation is more acute than bodily diseases; it is quite fitness of things and proper to take up the work of preaching Srimad Bhagwatam all over the world by proper personalities and without any delay. Mahattamanam Abhidhana means also dictionary of great devotees or a book full of the words of great devotees. Such dictionary of the words of great devotees and that of the Lord in the Vedas and allied literatures specifically the Srimad Bhagwatam."
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sūtaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sūtaḥ #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uvāca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uvāca#/i# — Sūta Gosvāmī said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aho&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aho#/i# — how; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vayam#/i# — we; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=janma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#janma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhṛtaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhṛtaḥ#/i# — promoted in birth; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adya#/i# — today; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ha#/i# — clearly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āsma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āsma#/i# — have become; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vṛddha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vṛddha-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anuvṛttyā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anuvṛttyā#/i# — by serving those who are advanced in knowledge; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#api#/i# — although; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=viloma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#viloma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jātāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jātāḥ#/i# — born in a mixed caste; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dauṣkulyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dauṣkulyam#/i# — disqualification of birth; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādhim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ādhim#/i# — sufferings; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vidhunoti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vidhunoti#/i# — purifies; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śīghram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śīghram#/i# — very soon; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mahat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mahat-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tamānām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tamānām#/i# — of those who are great; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abhidhāna&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#abhidhāna#/i# — conversation; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yogaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yogaḥ#/i# — connection.
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Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: O God, although we are born in a mixed caste, we are still promoted in birthright simply by serving and following the great who are advanced in knowledge. Even by conversing with such great souls, one can without delay cleanse oneself of all disqualifications resulting from lower births.
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Sūta Gosvāmī did not take his birth in a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# family. He was born in a family of mixed caste, or an uncultured low family. But because of higher association, like Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the great #i#ṛṣis#/i# of Naimiṣāraṇya, certainly the disqualification of inferior birth was washed off. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu followed this principle in pursuance of the Vedic usages, and by His transcendental association He elevated many lowborn, or those disqualified by birth or action, to the status of devotional service and established them in the position of #i#ācāryas#/i#, or authorities. He clearly stated that any man, whatever he may be, whether a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# or #i#śūdra#/i# by birth, or a householder or mendicant in the order of society, if he is conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa, he can be accepted as an #i#ācārya#/i# or #i#guru#/i#, a spiritual master.
#$p#Sūta Gosvāmī learned the science of Kṛṣṇa from great ṛṣis and authorities like Śukadeva and Vyāsadeva and he was so qualified that even the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya eagerly wanted to hear from him the science of Kṛṣṇa in the form of #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i#. So he had the double association of great souls by hearing and preaching. Transcendental science, or the science of Kṛṣṇa, has to be learned from the authorities, and when one preaches the science, he becomes still more qualified. So Sūta Gosvāmī had both the advantages, and thus undoubtedly he was completely freed from all disqualifications of low birth and mental agonies. This verse definitely proves that Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī did not refuse to teach Sūta Gosvāmī about the transcendental science nor did the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya refuse to hear lessons from him because of his inferior birth. This means that thousands of years ago there was no bar to learning or preaching the transcendental science because of inferior birth. The rigidity of the so-called caste system in Hindu society became prominent within only one hundred years or so when the number of #i#dvija-bandhus#/i#, or disqualified men in the families of higher castes, increased. Lord Śrī Caitanya revived the original Vedic system, and He elevated Ṭhākura Haridāsa to the position of #i#nāmācārya#/i#, or the authority in preaching the glories of the holy name of the Lord, although His Holiness Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura was pleased to appear in a family of Mohammedans.
#$p#Such is the power of pure devotees of the Lord. The Ganges water is accepted as pure, and one can become purified after taking a bath in the waters of the Ganges. But as far as the great devotees of the Lord are concerned, they can purify a degraded soul even by being seen by the lowborn, and what to speak of association. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to purify the whole atmosphere of the polluted world by sending qualified preachers all over the world, and it remains with the Indians to take up this task scientifically and thus do the best kind of humanitarian work. The mental diseases of the present generation are more acute than bodily diseases; it is quite fit and proper to take up the preaching of #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# all over the world without delay. #i#Mahattamānām abhidhāna#/i# also means dictionary of great devotees, or a book full of the words of great devotees. Such a dictionary of the words of great devotees and those of the Lord are in the #i#Vedas#/i# and allied literatures, specifically the #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i#.
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