Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9, Verse 32
मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः । स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम्
māṃ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ | striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāste'pi yānti parāṃ gatim
Translation
For, finding refuge in Me, they also who, O son of Pṛthā, may be of a sinful birth — women, vaiśyas as well as śūdras — even they attain to the Supreme Goal.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- mām
- me
- hi
- indeed
- pārtha
- O Pārtha
- vyapāśritya
- having taken refuge (in)
- ye
- who
- api
- even
- syuḥ
- may be
- pāpayonayaḥ
- sinful, womb, whose, they
- striyaḥ
- women
- vaiśyāḥ
- vaiśyas
- tathā
- also
- śūdrāḥ
- śūdras
- te
- they
- api
- also
- yānti
- go
- parām
- highest
- gatim
- goal
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Even those of humble birth or status attain the Supreme Goal through refuge in the Lord.