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Šššš  Čalitanva: caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 24]
SYNONYMS
aham —I, Lord Kṛṣṇa;  sarvasya —of everyone;  prabhavaḥ —the original source;  mattaḥ —from Me;  sarvam —everything;  pravartate —emanates;  iti —thus;  matvā —understanding;  bhajante —they engage in devotional service;  mām —to Me;  budhāḥ —those who are learned;  bhāva-samanvitāḥ —with love and devotion.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘I [Крşñа] am the original source of everything. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My service with love and devotion.’
PURPORT
Thiis is a quotation from  Bhagavad-gitā  (10.8).
TEXT 1900
তে বৈ বিদন্ত্যতিতরন্তি চ দেবমাঘাং 
স্ত্রীশূ্দ্রহ্নশবরা অপি পাপজীবাঃ । 
যত্নত্রুক্রমপরাঃণ-শীল-শিক্ষা-
স্তির্যগ্জ্না অপি কিমু শ্রুতধারণা যে ॥ ১৯০ ॥
te vai vidanty atitaranti ca deva-māyāṁ strī-śūdra-hūna-śabarā api pāpa-jīvāḥ yady adbhuta-krama-parāyaṇa-śīla-śikṣās tiryag-janā api kimu śruta-dhāraṇā ye
SYNONYMS
te —all of them;  vai —certainly;  vidanti —understand;  atitaranti —cross over;  ca —also;  deva-māyām —the influence of the external illusory energy;  strī —women;  śūdra —fourth-class men;  hūna —uncivilized hill tribes;  śabarāḥ —and hunters;  api —even;  pāpa-jīvāḥ —sinful creatures;  yadi —if;  adbhuta-krama —of the performer of wonderful activities;  parāyaṇa —of the devotees;  śīla-śikṣāḥ —characteristics and education;  tiryak-janāḥ —birds and beasts;  api —even;  kimu —what to speak of;  śruta-dhāraṇāḥ   ye —persons advanced in the education of Vedic knowledge.
TRANSLATION
“‘Women, fourth-class men, uncivilized hill tribes, hunters and many others born of low families, as well as birds and beasts, can engage in the ser-