Gaudiya siddhanta - ebooks - ISKCON desire tree
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na me bhaktas caturvedi<br />
mad-bhaktah svapacah priyah<br />
tasmai deyam tato grahyam<br />
sa ca pujyo yatha hyaham<br />
"A brahmana who is expert at chanting the four Vedas is not dear to me, but a devotee who comes from<br />
a family of dog-eaters is dear to me. Whatever he touches becomes pure. That devotee, although born<br />
in a family of outcastes is as worshippable as I am." (Itihasa Samucchaya)<br />
The Padma Purana -<br />
na sudra bhagavad-bhaktas<br />
te tu bhagavata matah<br />
sarva-varnesu te sudra<br />
ye na bhakta janardane<br />
"A devotee should never be considered a sudra. All the devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead<br />
should be recognized as bhagavatas. If one is not a devotee of Lord Krsna, however, even if born of a<br />
brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya family, he should be considered a sudra." (Padma Purana)<br />
sva-pakam iva nekseta<br />
loke vipram avaisnavam<br />
vaisnavo varno-bahyo 'pi<br />
punati bhuvana-trayam<br />
"If a person born in a brahmana family is a nondevotee, one should not see his face, exactly as one<br />
should not look upon the face of a dog-eater. However, a vaisnava found in varnas other than<br />
brahmana can purify all the three worlds." (Padma Purana)<br />
sudram va bhagavad-bhaktam<br />
nisadam sva-pacam tatha<br />
viksate jati-samanyat<br />
sa yati narakam dhruvam<br />
"One who considers a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who was born in a family of<br />
sudras, nisadas or candalas to belong to that particular caste certainly goes to hell." (Padma Purana)<br />
Further evidence that a brahmana is not simply by birth is again provided by Sri Acarya<br />
Madhva himself. In his Gita Tatparya commentary, the acarya gives no mention of<br />
birth as a prerequisite to be a brahmana when commenting on Chapter 4 verse 13. 4<br />
Rather, he states it is according to one's svabhava (inherent nature) —<br />
svabhaviko brahmanadih samadyaireva bhidyate<br />
yonibhedakrto bhedo jneya caupadhikastvayam (Gita Tatparya 4.13)<br />
This is also reiterated by Sri Raghavendra Yati in his commentary, Gita Tatparya Nirnaya. In this regard<br />
Sri Jaya Tirtha is also in agreement. In his Sruta Prakasika commentary, he writes —<br />
brahmanad eva brahmana iti niyamasya kvacid anyathatvopapatte vrscika<br />
tanduliyakadi-vad iti<br />
Here Sri Jaya Tirtha cites the vrscika-tanduli-nyaya — the logic of the 'scorpion and the rice'. When the<br />
seed of the scorpion is placed in the womb of another scorpion, a scorpion is born. This is the general
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