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  "name":"Cc. Antya 4.66",
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  "label":"Text 66",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 4.66",
  "description":"\"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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Cc. Antya 4.66

Text

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

Synonyms

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.

Translation

“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.