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ታሪክ დედა  —  საგარეო ტყი  —  საგარეო ტყი  —  საგარეო ტყი  —  საგარეო ტყი
[[Madhya-Lila Ch 8]]
māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye ‘pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ‘pi vānti 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.”
The word  pāpa-yonayaḥ  means “born of lower caste women.” The  vaiśyas  are merchants, and the  śūdras  or workers are servants. According to Vedic classifications, they belong to a lower social order. A low life means a life without Kṛṣṇa consciousness. High and low positions in society were calculated by considering a person’s Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A  brāhmaṇa  is considered to be on the highest platform because he knows Brahman, the Absolute Truth. The second caste, the  kṣatriya  caste, also know Brahman, but not as well as the  brāhmaṇas . The  vaiśyas  and  śūdras  do not clearly understand God consciousness, but if they take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, they do not remain in the lower castes ( pāpa-yonayaḥ ). It is clearly stated:  te ‘pi yānti parāṁ gatim .
Unless one has attained the highest standard of life, one cannot return home, back to Godhead. One may be a  śūdra ,  vaiśya  or woman, but if he is situated in the service of the Lord in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he should not be considered  strī ,  śūdra ,  vaiśya  or one lower than a  śūdra . A person engaged in the Lord's service—though from a lowborn family—should never be considered to belong to a lowborn family. The  Padma Purāṇa  forbids:  vikṣate jāti-sāmānyāt/ sa yāti narakaṁ dhruvam . A person goes to hell quickly when he considers a devotee of the Lord in terms of birth. Although Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya supposedly took birth in a  śūdra  family, he is not to be considered a  śūdra , for he was a great advanced devotee. Indeed, he was on the transcendental platform. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore embraced him. Out of spiritual humility, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya presented himself as a  śūdra  ( rāja-sevī viṣayī śūdrādhama ). Even though one may engage in government service or in any other pound-shilling-pence business—in short, in materialistic life—he need only take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a very simple process. One need only chant the holy names of the Lord and strictly follow the principles forbidding sinful activity. In this way one can no longer be considered an untouchable, a  viṣayī  or a  śūdra . One who is advanced in spiritual life should not associate with nondevotees—namely men in government service and men engaged in materialistic activity for sense gratification or in the service of others. Such men are considered  viṣayī , materialistic.
nişkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya pāraṁ paraṁ jigamiṣor bhava-sāgarasya sandarśanaṁ viṣayiṇām atha yoṣitāṁ ca hā hanta hanta viṣa-bhakṣaṇato ‘py asādhu