204 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 4
as follows: (arcye visnau siladhir gurusu nara-matir vaisnave jati-buddhih
Sri-visnor ndmni sabda-samanya-buddhih, etc.) “One should not consider the
Deity of the Lord as worshiped in the temple to be an idol, nor should
one consider the authorized spiritual master as an ordinary man. Nor
should one consider a pure Vaisnava to belong to a particular caste, etc.”
The conclusion is that the Lord, being all-powerful, can, under any and
every circumstance, accept anyone from any part of the world, either
personally or through His bona fide manifestation as the spiritual master.
Lord Caitanya accepted many devotees from communities other than the
varndsramites, and He Himself declared, to teach us, that He does not
belong to any caste or social order of life, but that He is the eternal servant
of the servant of the Lord who maintains the damsels of Vrndavana (Lord
Krsna). That is the way of self-realization.
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sa esa dtmatmavatam adhisvaras
trayimayo dharmamayas tapomayah
gata-vyalikair aja-sankaradibhir
vitarkya-lingo bhagavan prasidatam
sah—He; esah—it is; atma—Supersoul; adtmavatam—of the self-realized
souls; adhisvarah—the Supreme Lord; trayimayah—personified Vedas;
dharmamayah— personified religious scripture; tapomayah—personified aus-
terity; gata-vyalikaih—by those who are above all pretensions; aja—Brah-
maji; satkara-ddibhih—by Lord Siva and others; vitarkya-lingah—one who
is observed with awe and veneration; bhagavan—the Personality of God-
head ; prasidatam—be kind toward me.
TRANSLATION
He is the Supersoul and the Supreme Lord of all self-realized souls. He
is the personification of the Vedas, religious scriptures and austerities. He
