nīca-jāti nahe kṛṣṇa-bhajane ayogya
sat-kula-vipra nahe bhajanera yogya

 nīca-jāti - a lowborn person; nahe - is not; kṛṣṇa-bhajane - in discharging devotional service; ayogya - unfit; sat-kula-vipra - a brāhmaṇa born in a very respectable aristocratic family; nahe - is not; bhajanera yogya - fit for discharging devotional service.


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“A person born in a low family is not unfit for discharging devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, nor is one fit for devotional service simply because he is born in an aristocratic family of brāhmaṇas.

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