SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

248 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5Pumsarpita vr:wu. The word purilsa means "by all living entities."There are no distinctions permitting only a man or only a brahmar:w tooffer devotional service to the Lord. Everyone can do so. As confirmed inBhagavad-gitti (9.32), striyo vaiSyas tatha sudras te 'pi yanti paramgatim: although women, vaiSyas and sudras are considered less intelligent,they also can become devotees and return home, back to Godhead.After performing sacrifices, sometimes a person engaged in fruitiveactivity customarily offers the results to ViQu. But here it is said,bhagavaty addha: one must directly offer everything to ViQu. This iscalled sannyasa (not merely nyasa). A tridaT:U;li-sannyasi carries threedar:u)as, signifying kaya-marw-vakya -body, mind and words. All ofthese should be offered to ViQu, and then one can begin devotional service.Fruitive workers first perform some pious activities and then formallyor officially offer the results to ViQu. The real devotee, however,first offers his surrender to :l