सूत उवाच अहो वयं जन्मभृतोऽद्य हास्म वृद्धानुवृत्त्यापि विलोमजाता: । दौष्कुल्यमाधिं विधुनोति शीघ्रं महत्तमानामभिधानयोग: ॥ १८ ॥
suta uvaca aho vayam janma-bhrto ’dya hasma vrddhanuvrttyapi viloma-jatah dauskulyam adhim vidhunoti sighram mahattamanam abhidhana-yogah
- sutah uvaca
- Suta Gosvami said
- aho
- how
- vayam
- we
- janma-bhrtah
- promoted in birth
- adya
- today
- ha
- clearly
- asma
- have become
- vrddha-anuvrttya
- by serving those who are advanced in knowledge
- api
- although
- viloma-jatah
- born in a mixed caste
- dauskulyam
- disqualification of birth
- adhim
- sufferings
- vidhunoti
- purifies
- sighram
- very soon
- mahat-tamanam
- of those who are great
- abhidhana
- conversation
- yogah
- connection
Sri Suta Gosvami said: O God, although we are born in a mixed caste, we are still promoted in birthright simply by serving and following the great who are advanced in knowledge. Even by conversing with such great souls, one can without delay cleanse oneself of all disqualifications resulting from lower births.