Bhagavad Gita
Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yoga (The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Mystery)9.32
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Bhagavad Gita · 9.32
Devanāgarī

मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः ।
स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ |
striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
माम् हिmām hifor in Me indeed.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
व्यपाश्रित्यvyapāśrityahaving taken shelter.
ये अपि स्युःye api syuḥwhoever they may be.
पापयोनयःpāpa-yonayaḥthose born in sinful (pāpa) families (yonayaḥ).
स्त्रियःstriyaḥwomen.
वैश्याःvaiśyāḥvaiśyas (merchants).
तथा शूद्राःtathā śūdrāḥand also śūdras (laborers).
ते अपिte apithey also.
यान्तिyāntithey attain.
पराम् गतिम्parām gatimthe supreme goal.
Translation

“O Pārtha, whoever takes shelter in Me—whether born in a low family, a woman, a vaiśya, or a śūdra—will also attain the supreme goal.”

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