8.36
mora sparse na karile ghrna, veda-bhaya
mora darsana toma vede nisedhaya
SYNONYMS
mora—of me; sparse—by the touch; na—not; karile—You did; ghrna—hatred; veda-bhaya—afraid of the injunctions of the Vedas; mora—of me; darsana—seeing; toma—You; vede—the Vedic injunctions; nisedhaya—forbid "You do not fear the Vedic injunctions stating that You should not associate with a sudra.
You were not contemptuous of my touch, although in the Vedas You are forbidden to associate with sudras.
PURPORT
In the Bhagavad-gita (9.32) the Lord says:
mam hi partha vyapasritya
ye ’pi syuh papa-yonayah
striyo vaisyas tatha sudras
niskincanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya
param param jigamisor bhava-sagarasya
sandarsanam visayinam atha yositam ca
ha hanta hanta visa-bhaksanato ’py asadhu “A person who is very seriously engaged in cultivating devotional service with a view to crossing the ocean of nescience and who has completely abandoned all material activities should never see a sudra, a vaisya or a woman.” (Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka 8.23)