Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 307

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-9 Rāja-vidyā Rāja--guhya Yogaḥ

Sri Krishna replies: — māṃ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ | striyo vaiśyās-tathā śūdrās-te’pi yānti parāṃ gatim || 32 || 32. By taking refuge in Me even those of unfavourable birth, women, vaiśyas and also śūdras attain the supreme state. kiṃ punar-brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas-tathā | anityam asukhaṃ lokam imaṃ prāpya bhajasva mām || 33 || 33. How much more [easily] then the Brahmanas and royal sages who are pure and are devoted to Me! Having come into this transient world of suffering, do you worship Me. Commentary “Women, farmers and peasants, and even those who are born into marginalised social circumstances (pāpa-yoni), can attain the supreme state by taking refuge in Me. How much more then the well-born Brahmanas and royal sages who are naturally devoted to me! Therefore, royal sage that you are, having been born into this impermanent and unhappy world, stricken by the threefold affliction meditate upon Me, as you traverse the path of life.”