Shloka 54
Nārada’s Protection of Kayādhu and Prahlāda’s Womb-Instructions: Ātma-tattva and the Path of Bhakti
दैतेया यक्षरक्षांसि स्त्रिय: शूद्रा व्रजौकस: । खगा मृगा: पापजीवा: सन्ति ह्यच्युततां गता: ॥ ५४ ॥
daiteyā yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi striyaḥ śūdrā vrajaukasaḥ khagā mṛgāḥ pāpa-jīvāḥ santi hy acyutatāṁ gatāḥ
အို မိတ်ဆွေတို့၊ အို အသူရာသားတို့၊ ယက္ခများ၊ ရက္ခိုသ်များ၊ အမျိုးသမီးများ၊ အလုပ်သမားများ၊ နွားကျောင်းသားများ၊ ငှက်များ၊ တိရစ္ဆာန်များနှင့် အပြစ်ရှိသော သတ္တဝါများ အပါအဝင် မည်သူမဆို ဘက္တိယောဂကို ကျင့်သုံးခြင်းဖြင့် ထာဝရ ဝိညာဉ်ရေးရာ အသက်တာကို ပြန်လည်ရရှိနိုင်ပါသည်။
The devotees are referred to as acyuta-gotra, or the dynasty of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is called Acyuta, as indicated in Bhagavad-gītā ( senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’cyuta ). The Lord is infallible in the material world because He is the supreme spiritual person. Similarly, the jīvas, who are part and parcel of the Lord, can also become infallible. Although Prahlāda’s mother was in the conditional state and was the wife of a demon, even Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, women, śūdras and even birds and other lower living entities can be elevated to the acyuta-gotra, the family of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the highest perfection. As Kṛṣṇa never falls, when we revive our spiritual consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we never fall again to material existence. One should understand the position of the supreme Acyuta, Kṛṣṇa, who says in Bhagavad-gītā (4.9) :
FAQs
This verse states that even those considered low-born, sinful, nonhuman, or outside Vedic social structures can still attain devotion to Acyuta—bhakti is not restricted by species, background, or prior conduct.
Prahlada teaches that devotion to Vishnu is universally accessible, countering pride of birth and the demoniac idea that spiritual realization is reserved for a particular class.
Do not gatekeep spirituality—encourage sincere practice of devotion regardless of someone’s past, social identity, or perceived “worthiness,” and focus on genuine turning toward God.