Prabhupada Podcast

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.10-11 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 14, 1968 in Montreal, Canada. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/hSRhW6. Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.10 viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād aravinda-nābha-  pādāravinda-vimukhāt śvapacaṁ variṣṭham manye tad-arpita-mano-vacanehitārtha-  prāṇaṁ punāti sa kulaṁ na tu bhūrimānaḥ If a brāhmaṇa has all twelve of the brahminical qualifications [as they are stated in the book called Sanat-sujāta] but is not a devotee and is averse to the lotus feet of the Lord, he is certainly lower than a devotee who is a dog-eater but who has dedicated everything — mind, words, activities, wealth and life — to the Supreme Lord. Such a devotee is better than such a brāhmaṇa because the devotee can purify his whole family, whereas the so-called brāhmaṇa in a position of false prestige cannot purify even himself. Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.11 naivātmanaḥ prabhur ayaṁ nija-lābha-pūrṇo  mānaṁ janād aviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇ