Chapter 9 · The King of Knowledge

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 9.32

मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्यु: पापयोनय: स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम्

māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśhritya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśhyās tathā śhūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim

Recitation · Text 9.32
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (16 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Taking refuge in Me, even those born into circumstances the society of the time counted against them — and Krishna names them directly — reach the supreme goal. The verse is doing something deliberate: it lists exactly the groups a listener would have expected to be excluded, and includes them.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:It names exactly the groups a listener expected excluded — and includes them.