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Suta uvacha
Yam prabajantam anupetam apeta krityam
Dwaipayana virah katara ajuhava
Putreti tanmayataya tarabo' vinedus
Twam sarva bhuta hridayam munim anatosmi
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Suta—Suta Goswami, Uvacha—said, i-whom, Prabajantam—while going for renounced order of life, Anupetam—without being reformed by sacred thread, Apeta—non ceremonised, Krityam—prescribed duties, Dwaipayana—Vyasdeva, Viraha—separation, Katara—being afraid of, Ajuhava—exclaimed, Putreti—oh my son, Tanmayataya—being absorbed in that way, Tarabo—all the trees, Avineduh—responded, Twam—unto him, Sarva—all, Hridayam—heart, Munim—sage, Anatosmi—offer obeisances.
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Srila Suta Goswami said, "let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the great sage, who can enter everyone's heart and who was addressed 'as my son' by his father Vyasdeva while he was going away for renounced order of life without being reformed by sacred thread or undergoing the ceremonies observed by the higher castes. The trees absorbed in that way responded to the fearful father feeling the separation of the son."
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The institution of Varna and Ashrama prescribes many regulative duties for observation by the followers. In such prescribed duties, it is enjoined that a candidate willing to study the Vedas must approach a bonafide spiritual master and request him (the master) for accepting him (the candidate) as his disciple and thus reform him by the sacred thread. The sacred thread is the sign of those who are competent to study the Vedas from the Acharya or the bonafide spiritual master. Sri Sukadeva Gosvami did not undergo any such purificatory ceremonies because from his very birth he was a liberated soul and there was no need for him to undergo such reformatory process.
#$p#It is taken for granted that a man is born as an ordinary being and by the purificatory processes he is born for the second time. In other words when he sees a new light of spiritual progress of life and approaches a spiritual master for study of the Vedas, the spiritual master accepts only the sincere enquirer as his disciple and gives him (the disciple) the sacred thread. By this process a man becomes twice born or a Dwija. After being qualified as Dwija, one may study the Vedas and after passing the examination in Vedas one becomes a Vipra. A Vipra or a qualified Brahmin thus realises the Absolute and makes further progress in life for spiritual advancement and thus becomes a Vaishnava. The Vaishnava stage is the post-graduate status of a Brahmin. A Brahmin must be necessarily a Vaishnava which means a self-realised learned Brahmin.
#$p#Srila Sukdeva Goswami was a Vaishnava from the beginning and, therefore, there was no necessity for him for undergoing all the processes of the Varnasharam institution. Ultimately the aim of Varnashram Dharma is to turn a crude man to become a pure devotee of the Lord or a Vaishnava. Any one, therefore, who becomes a Vaishnava accepted by the first class Vaishnava or uttamadhikari Vaishnava, is already a Brahmin, never mind in whatsoever family he might have taken his birth by the influence of his past deed. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu accepted this principle and He recognised Srila Haridas Thakur as the Acharya of the Holy Name although Thakur Haridas appeared himself in the family of a Mohamedan. The conclusion is, therefore, that Srila Sukadeva Goswami was a born Vaishnava and, therefore, Brahminism was included in him even though he did not undergo any one of the ceremonies prescribed by the institution of Varnashram Dharma. Any low born fellow may he be a Kirata, Hun, Andhra, Pulinda, Pukkasa, Abhira, Sumbha, Yavana, Khasadaya or even lower than them can be delivered to the highest transcendental position, by the mercy of Vaishnavas. Srila Sukadeva Goswami was the instructor spiritual master of Sri Suta Goswami and, therefore, he offers his respectful obeisances unto him before he begins his speeches on the questionaires of the sages at Naimisharanya.
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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#/i# — Sūta Gosvāmī; #i##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# — said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yam#/i# — whom; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pravrajantam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pravrajantam#/i# — while going away for the renounced order of life; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anupetam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anupetam#/i# — without being reformed by the sacred thread; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=apeta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#apeta#/i# — not undergoing ceremonies; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛtyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛtyam#/i# — prescribed duties; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dvaipāyanaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dvaipāyanaḥ#/i# — Vyāsadeva; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=viraha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#viraha#/i# — separation; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kātaraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kātaraḥ#/i# — being afraid of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ājuhāva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ājuhāva#/i# — exclaimed; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=putra&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#putra #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iti#/i# — O my son; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tat-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mayatayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mayatayā#/i# — being absorbed in that way; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=taravaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#taravaḥ#/i# — all the trees; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abhineduḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#abhineduḥ#/i# — responded; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tam#/i# — unto him; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sarva#/i# — all; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhūta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhūta#/i# — living entities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hṛdayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hṛdayam#/i# — heart; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=munim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#munim#/i# — sage; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ānataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ānataḥ #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asmi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asmi#/i# — offer obeisances.
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Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī said: Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto that great sage [Śukadeva Gosvāmī] who can enter the hearts of all. When he went away to take up the renounced order of life [sannyāsa], leaving home without undergoing reformation by the sacred thread or the ceremonies observed by the higher castes, his father, Vyāsadeva, fearing separation from him, cried out, "O my son!" Indeed, only the trees, which were absorbed in the same feelings of separation, echoed in response to the begrieved father.
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The institution of #i#varṇa#/i# and #i#āśrama#/i# prescribes many regulative duties to be observed by its followers. Such duties enjoin that a candidate willing to study the #i#Vedas#/i# must approach a bona fide spiritual master and request acceptance as his disciple. The sacred thread is the sign of those who are competent to study the #i#Vedas#/i# from the #i#ācārya#/i#, or the bona fide spiritual master. Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī did not undergo such purificatory ceremonies because he was a liberated soul from his very birth.
#$p#Generally, a man is born as an ordinary being, and by the purificatory processes he is born for the second time. When he sees a new light and seeks direction for spiritual progress, he approaches a spiritual master for instruction in the #i#Vedas#/i#. The spiritual master accepts only the sincere inquirer as his disciple and gives him the sacred thread. In this way a man becomes twice-born, or a #i#dvija#/i#. After qualifying as a #i#dvija#/i# one may study the #i#Vedas#/i#, and after becoming well versed in the #i#Vedas#/i# one becomes a #i#vipra#/i#. A vipra, or a qualified #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, thus realizes the Absolute and makes further progress in spiritual life until he reaches the Vaiṣṇava stage. The Vaiṣṇava stage is the postgraduate status of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. A progressive #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# must necessarily become a Vaiṣṇava, for a Vaiṣṇava is a self-realized, learned #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#.
#$p#Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was a Vaiṣṇava from the beginning; therefore, there was no need for him to undergo all the processes of the #i#varṇāśrama#/i# institution. Ultimately the aim of #i#varṇāśrama-dharma#/i# is to turn a crude man into a pure devotee of the Lord, or a Vaiṣṇava. Anyone, therefore, who becomes a Vaiṣṇava accepted by the first-class Vaiṣṇava, or #i#uttama-adhikārī#/i# Vaiṣṇava, is already considered a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, regardless of his birth or past deeds. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted this principle and recognized Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura as the #i#ācārya#/i# of the holy name, although Ṭhākura Haridāsa appeared in a Mohammedan family. In conclusion, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was born a Vaiṣṇava, and, therefore, brahminism was included in him. He did not have to undergo any ceremonies. Any lowborn person—be he a Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhra, Pulinda, Pulkaśa, Ābhīra, Śumbha, Yavana, Khasa or even lower—can be delivered to the highest transcendental position by the mercy of Vaiṣṇavas. Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was the spiritual master of Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī, who therefore offers his respectful obeisances unto Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī before he begins his answers to the questions of the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya.
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