950 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 18

Abhidhana also means dictionary of great devotees, or a book full of the
words of great devotees. Such a dictionary of the words of great devotees
and that of the Lord are in the Vedas and allied literatures, specifically the
Srimad-Bhégavatam.

TEXT 19

eH: Gt aM qa
REAAATT UTI

TSATA Maa |
Rees AAeTATg: = AAI

kutah punar grnato nama tasya
mahattamail:anta-parayanasya

yo’nanta-sak tir bhagavan ananto
mahad-gunatvad yam anantam-ahuh

kutah—what to say; punah—again; grmatah—one who chants; nama—
holy name; tasya—His; mahattama—great devotees; ekanta—exclusive;
parayanasya—of one who is shelter of; yah—He who; ananta—is the
Unlimited; saktih—potency; bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead;
anantah—immeasurable; mahat—great; gunatvat—on account of such
attributes; yam—whom; anantam—by the name ananta; ahuh—is called.

TRANSLATION

And what to speak of those who are under the direction of the great
devotees, chanting the holy name of the Unlimited who has unlimited
potency? The Personality of Godhead, unlimited in potency and transcen-
dental by attributes, is called the ananta [Unlimited ].

PURPORT

The dvija-bandhu, or the less intelligent uncultured men born of higher
castes, put forward many arguments against the lower caste men becoming
brahmanas in this life. They argue that birth in the family of sidras or less
than sidras is made possible by one’s previous sinful acts, and therefore
one has to complete the terms of disadvantages due to lower birth. And to
answer these false logicians, Srimad-Bhagavatam asserts that one who
