Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 18.125

yan-namadheya-sravananukirtanad

yat-prahvanad yat-smaranad api kvacit

svado 'pi sadyah savanaya kalpate

kutah punas te bhagavan nu darsanat

SYNONYMS

yat -- of whom; namadheya -- of the name; sravana -- from hearing; anukirtanat -- and thereafter from chanting; yat -- to whom; prahvanat -- from offering respects; yat -- of whom; smaranat -- from simply remembering; api -- also; kvacit -- sometimes; sva-adah -- a dog-eater; api -- even; sadyah -- immediately; savanaya -- for performing Vedic sacrifices; kalpate -- becomes eligible; kutah -- what to speak; punah -- again; te -- of You; bhagavan -- O Supreme Personality of Godhead; nu -- certainly; darsanat -- from seeing.

TRANSLATION

"'To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons who see the Supreme Person face to face, even a person born in a family of dog-eaters becomes immediately eligible to perform Vedic sacrifices if he once utters the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or chants about Him, hears about His pastimes, offers Him obeisances or even remembers Him.'

PURPORT

For an explanation of this verse (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.6), see Madhya-lila, Chapter 16, text 186.

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