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THE BHAGAVAD-GITA.

divided heart, he too must be accounted righteous, for he hath rightly resolved; (30)

क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति । कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ॥ ३१ ॥

Speedily he becometh dutiful and goeth to eternal peace; O Kaunteya, know thou for certain that My devotee perisheth never. (31)

मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः । स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥ ३२ ॥

They who take refuge with Me, O Partha, though of the womb of sin, women, Vaishyas,[1] even Shûdras,[2] they also tread the highest path. (32)

किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा । अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥ ३३ ॥

How much rather then holy Brâhmanas and


  1. The third, the merchant caste.
  2. The fourth, the manual labouring class.