Madhya 19.74

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শুচিঃ সদ্ভক্তিদীপ্তাগ্নিদগ্ধদুর্জাতিকল্মষঃ ।
শ্বপাকোঽপি বুধৈঃ শ্লাঘ্যো ন বেদজ্ঞোহপি নাস্তিকঃ ॥ ৭৪ ॥

sucih sad-bhakti-diptagni-

dagdha-durjati-kalmasah

svapako 'pi budhaih slagyo

na vedajno 'pi nastikah

SYNONYMS

sucih-a brahmana purified internally and externally; sat-bhakti-of devotional service without motives; dipta-agni-by the blazing fire; dagdha-burnt to ashes; durjati-such as birth in a low family; kalmasah-whose sinful reactions; sva-pakah api-even though born in a family of dog-eaters; budhaih-by learned scholars; slagyah-recognized; na-not; veda-jnah api-even though completely conversant in Vedic knowledge; nastikah-an atheist.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, " 'A person who has the pure characteristics of a brahmana due to devotional service, which is like a blazing fire burning to ashes all the sinful reactions of past lives, is certainly saved from the consequences of sinful acts, such as taking birth in a lower family. Even though he may be born in a family of dog-eaters, he is recognized by learned scholars. However, although a person may be a learned scholar in Vedic knowledge, he is not recognized if he is an atheist.

PURPORT

This verse and the next are quoted from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (), a transcendental literature extracted from the Puranas.

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