CC Madhya 25.136

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Madhya-līlā 25.135 - Madhya-līlā 25.137

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 136

bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ

śraddhayātmā priyaḥ satām

bhaktiḥ punāti man-niṣṭhā

śva-pākān api sambhavāt

SYNONYMS

bhaktyā — by devotional service; aham — I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ekayā — unflinching; grāhyaḥ — obtainable; śraddhayā — by faith; ātmā — the most dear; priyaḥ — to be served; satām — by the devotees; bhaktiḥ — the devotional service; punāti — purifies; mat-niṣṭhā — fixed only on Me; śva-pākān — the lowest grade of human beings, who are accustomed to eating dogs; api — certainly; sambhavāt — from all faults due to birth and so on.

TRANSLATION

"[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] 'Being very dear to the devotees and sādhus, I am attained through unflinching faith and devotional service. This bhakti-yoga system, which gradually increases attachment for Me, purifies even a human being born among dog-eaters. That is to say, everyone can be elevated to the spiritual platform by the process of bhakti-yoga.'

PURPORT

This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 11.14.21).