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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 9 · The Most Confidential Knowledge
9.319.33

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 9.32

Loving offerings, service and remembrance

मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्यु: पापयोनय: ।

स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा श‍ूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥ ३२ ॥

māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya

ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ

striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās

te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth – women, vaiśyas [merchants] and śūdras [workers] – can attain the supreme destination.

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Shelter in Kṛṣṇa Is Open

  1. 1Those who take shelter in Kṛṣṇa—including women, merchants, workers, and those of lower birth—can reach the supreme destination.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that devotional service has no higher or lower classes; a pure devotee’s guidance can purify anyone.
  3. 3Take complete shelter of Kṛṣṇa and seek a pure devotee’s guidance in devotional service.

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Chapter 9, The Most Confidential Knowledge: loving offerings, service and remembrance.

What it teaches

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Loving service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: bhakti, śaraṇāgati.

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What does BG 9.32 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to bhakti & surrender?

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Offer one act today with devotion.

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Related verses

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BG 9.26A small offering filled with loveBG 9.27Loving offerings, service and remembranceBG 3.30Offer every action to KrishnaBG 6.47The highest yogi is devoted

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