Text 46] The Story of King Vena 619
PURPORT
The Naigadas are not allowed to live in cities and towns because they are
sinful by nature. As such, their bodies are very ugly, and their occupations
are also sinful. We should, however, know that even these sinful men (who
are sometimes called kirdtas) can be delivered from their sinful condition
to the topmost Vaisnava platform by the mercy of a pure devotee. Engage-
ment in the transcendental loving devotional service of the Lord can make
anyone, however sinful he may be, fit to return home, back to Godhead.
One has only to become free from all contamination by the process of
devotional service. In this way everyone can become fit to return home,
back to Godhead. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita:
mam hi partha vyapdasritya
ye ‘pi syuh papa-yonayah
striyo vaisyds tatha siidras
te ‘pi yanti param gatim
“O son of Prtha, those who take shelter of Me, though they be of lower
birth—women, vaisyas [merchants], as well as siidras [workers] —can
approach the supreme destination.” (Bg. 9.32)
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Fourteenth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “The Story of King Vena.”
