284 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19
and, feeling ecstatic love of Godhead, began to quote many verses from
Sastra.
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aaa Glas MICIT! a CaMCwIR A athe usu
sucih sad-bhakti-diptagni-
dagdha-durjati-kalmasah
svapako ‘pi budhaih slagyo
na vedajfio ‘pi nastikah
SYNONYMS
sucih—a brahmana purified internally and externally; sat-bhakti—of devotional
service without motives; dipta-agni—by the blazing fire; dagdha—burnt to
ashes; durjati—such as birth in a low family; kalmasah—whose sinful reactions;
sva-pakah api—even though born in a family of dog-eaters; budhaih—by learned
scholars; slagyah—recognized; na—not; veda-jfah api—even though com-
pletely conversant in Vedic knowledge; nastikah—an atheist.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “’ ‘A person who has the pure characteristics
of a brahmana due to devotional service, which is like a blazing fire burning to
ashes all the sinful reactions of past lives, is certainly saved from the conse-
quences of sinful acts, such as taking birth in a lower family. Even though he
may be born in a family of dog-eaters, he is recognized by learned scholars.
However, although a person may be a learned scholar in Vedic knowledge, he
is not recognized if he is an atheist.
PURPORT
This verse and the next are quoted from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (3.11,12), a
transcendental literature extracted from the Puranas.
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bhagavad-bhakti-hinasya
jatih sastram japas tapah
