TEXT 46
tasya vamsyas tu naisada
giri-kanana-gocarah
yenaharaj jayamano
vena-kalmasam ulbanam
SYNONYMS
tasyahis (Nisadas); vamsyahdescendants; tuthen; naisadahcalled Naisadas; giri-kananathe hills and forests; gocarahinhabiting; yenabecause; aharathe took upon himself; jayamanahbeing born; venaof King Vena; kalmasamall kinds of sin; ulbanamvery fearful.
TRANSLATION
After his [Nisadas] birth, he immediately took charge of all the resultant actions of King Venas sinful activities. As such, this Naisada class are always engaged in sinful activities like stealing, plundering and hunting. Consequently they are only allowed to live in the hills and forests.
PURPORT
The Naisadas are not allowed to live in cities and towns because they are sinful by nature. As such, their bodies are very ugly, and their occupations are also sinful. We should, however, know that even these sinful men (who are sometimes called Kiratas) can be delivered from their sinful condition to the topmost Vaisnava platform by the mercy of a pure devotee. Engagement in the transcendental loving devotional service of the Lord can make anyone, however sinful he may be, fit to return home, back to Godhead. One has only to become free from all contamination by the process of devotional service. In this way everyone can become fit to return home, back to Godhead. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (9.32):
O son of Prtha, those who take shelter of Me, though they be of lower birthwomen, vaisyas [merchants], as well as sudras [workers]can approach the supreme destination.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled The Story of King Vena.
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