256 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 13
brahmana and born from the womb of a Sidra mother is called a
parasava or nisdda, a hunter accustomed to stealing. A son begotten by a
nisdda in the womb of a Sidra woman is called a pukkasa. A child begot-
ten by a ksatriya in the womb of the daughter of a Sidra is called an
ugra. A child begotten by a Sidra in the womb of the daughter of a
ksatriya is called a ksatta. A child begotten by a ksatriya in the womb of a
lower-class woman is called a Svdda, or dog-eater. All such offspring are
considered extremely sinful, but the holy name of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead is so strong that all of them can be purified simply by
chanting the Hare Krsna mantra.

The Hare Krsna movement offers everyone a chance to be purified,
regardless of birth or family. As confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam
(2.4.18):

kirdta-hiindndhra-pulinda-pulkasa
abhira-sumbha yavanah khasddayah
ye “nye ca papa yad-apdasrayasrayah
Sudhyanti tasmai prabhavisnave namah
“Kiratas, Hanas, Andhras, Pulindas, Pulkagas, Abhiras, Sumbhas,
Yavanas, members of the Khasa races, and even others addicted to sinful
acts can be purified by taking shelter of devotees of the Lord, for He is
the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.”
Even such sinful persons can certainly all be purified if they chant the
holy name of the Lord under the direction of a pure devotee.

Herein the sages encourage King Indra to kill Vrtrasura even at the
risk of brahma-hatya, the killing of a brahmana, and they guarantee to
release him from sinful reactions by performing an asvamedha-yajna.
Such purposefully devised atonement, however, cannot relieve the per-
former of sinful acts. This will be seen from the following verse.

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