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Imported quote 14883 My dear King, a devotee who has taken shelter of the dust from the lotus feet of the Lord can transcend the influence of the six material whips-namely hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death-and he can conquer the mind and five senses. However, this is not very wonderful for a pure devotee of the Lord because even a person beyond the jurisdiction of the four castes-in other words, an untouchable-is immediately relieved of bondage to material existence if he utters the holy name of the Lord even once.
(More...) Imported quote 14887 Because of the material body, every living entity in material existence is always disturbed by sad-guna, six whips-hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, invalidity and death. Furthermore, another sad-guna are the mind and five sense organs. Not to speak of a sanctified devotee, even a canḍala, an outcaste, who is untouchable, is immediately freed from material bondage if he utters the holy name of the Lord even once. Sometimes caste brahmanas argue that unless one changes his body he cannot be accepted as a brahmana, for since the present body is obtained as a result of past actions, one who has in the past acted as a brahmana takes birth in a brahmana family. Therefore, they contend, without such a brahminical body, one cannot be accepted as a brahmana. Herein it is said, however, that even vidūra-vigata, a canḍala-a fifth-class untouchable-is freed if he utters the holy name even once. Being freed means that he immediately changes his body. Sanatana Gosvami confirms this:
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