A VAISNAVA IS NOT BOUND BY SOCIAL CLASSES
naham vipro na ca nara-patir napi vaisyo na sudro
naham varni na ca grha-patir no vanastho yatir va
kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramananda-purnamrtabdher
gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor dasa-dasanudasah
I am not a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra, nor am I a brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha or sannyasi. My sole nature is that of a servant of the servants of the Vaisnavas who are the servants of the lotus feet of Sri Radha-vallabha, the maintainer of the gopis. He is naturally effulgent and the complete ocean of bliss.
vipra, ksatra, vaisya, sudra kabhu nahi ami grhi,
brahmacari, vanaprastha, yati, svami
prabhuta paramananda-purnamrtavasa
sri-radha-vallabha-dasa-dasera anudasa
Bhajana-rahasya-vrtti
The living entity is actually a servant of the transcendental Sri Krsnacandra, the ocean of all nectarean mellows. This is con- firmed in Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi-lila 5.142):
ekala isvara krsna ara saba bhrtya
yare yaiche nacaya, se taiche kare nrtya
Sri Krsna alone is Isvara, the supreme controller, and all others are His servants. They dance as He makes them do so.
The living entity who is bound by maya identifies himself with the temporary material body of a woman or man and various other designations. However, with His own lotus mouth, Sri Gaurasundara, the incarnation in Kali-yuga and saviour of all fallen souls, instructed the human beings tormented by Kali. He said, “We are not bound by social classes (varnas), such as brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra, nor by brahmacarya or other stages of life (asramas). Our pure identity is gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor dasa-dasanudasah, that of the servant of the servant of the servant of the maintainer of the gopis.”
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