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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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especially when engaged in their profession, yet such  hāḍis  also have the right to become devotees. This is established by  Śrī Bhagavad-gītā  where the Lord declares:
māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim
“O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth—women,  vaiśyas  [merchants], as well as  śūdras  [workers]—can approach the supreme destination.” (Bg. 9.32)
There are many untouchables of the lower caste in India, but according to Vaiṣṇava principles everyone is welcome to accept this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement on the spiritual platform of life and thus be freed from trouble. Equality or fraternity on the material platform is impossible.
When Lord Caitanya declares,  tṛṇād api sunīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā , He indicates that one must be above the material conception of life. When one thoroughly understands that he is not the material body but a spiritual soul, he is even humbler than a man of the lower castes, for he is spiritually elevated. Such humility, in which one thinks himself lower than the grass, is called  sunīcatva , and being more tolerant than a tree is called  sahiṣṇutva , forbearance. Being situated in devotional service, not caring for the material conception of life, is called  amānitva , indifference to material respect; yet a devotee thus situated is called  mānada , for he is prepared to give honor to others without hesitation.
Mahatma Gandhi started the  hari-jana  movement to purify the untouchables, but he was a failure because he thought that one could become a  hari-jana , a personal associate of the Lord, through some kind of material adjustment. That is not possible. Unless one fully realizes that he is not the body but a spiritual soul, there is no question of his becoming a  hari-jana . Those who do not follow in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His disciplinary succession cannot distinguish between matter and spirit, and therefore all their ideas are but a mixed-up hodge-podge of problems. They are virtually lost in the bewildering network of Māyādevī.
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শুনি দিন রহি’ সেই গোপাল-চাপাল। সর্বান্দ্রে হইল কুণ্ঠ, বহে রস্ত্রধার ॥ ৪৫ ॥
tina dina rahi’ sei gopāla-cāpāla sarvāṅge ha-ila kuṣṭha, vahe rakta-dhāra
SYNONYMS
tina dina —three days;  rahi’ —remaining in that way;  sei —that;  gopāla-cāpāla —of the name Gopāla Cāpāla;  sarvāṅge —all over the body;  ha-ila —became visible;  kuṣṭha —leprosy;  vahe —discharging;  rakta-dhāra —a flow of blood.