Text 206] Explanations of the Atmarama Verse 195
PURPORT
This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita wherein the Lord says:
mam hi partha vyapasritya
ye ‘pi syuh papa-yonayah
striyo vaisyas tatha sddras
te ‘pi yanti param gatim
“O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth—
women, vaisyas [merchants], as well as sGdras [workers]—can approach the
supreme destination.” (9.32)

Everyone is eligible to become Krsna’s devotee. One simply has to be trained
according to the approved process. It is the work of Krsna’s confidential devotees
to turn everyone into a Krsna bhakta. If the confidential devotees do not take up
the task of elevating everyone to Krsna consciousness, then who will do it? Those
who claim to be devotees but do not engage in Krsna’s service to elevate all living
creatures to Krsna consciousness are to be considered kanistha-adhikaris (people
in the lowest stage of devotional service). When one rises to the second platform
of devotional service, his business is to propagate Krsna consciousness all over the
world. Those who are active in the Krsna consciousness movement should not
remain in the neophyte stage but should rise to the platform of preachers, the
second platform of devotional service. Devotional service is so enchanting that
even the first-class devotees (uttama-adhikdris) also come down to the second
platform to preach and render service to the Lord for the benefit of the whole
world.

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YCTIND CAN SA-aHABE-
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ATHRAIs ATH ARatacaies-

CH CTTRBT AT PHatahy Amz Ae 1 row |
dhanyeyam adya dharani trna-virudhas tvat-
pada-sprso druma-latah karajabhimrstah

nadyo ‘drayah khaga-mrgah sadayavalokair
gopyo ‘ntarena bhujayor api yat-sprha srih
SYNONYMS

dhanyd—glorified; iyam—this; adya—today; dharani—the surface of the

globe; trna-virudhah—the grass and herbs; tvat—Your; pada-sprsah—from the
