Given that Durgama-sangamini is the name of Sri Jiva's tika on Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu, and that there are no commentaries whatsoever on 1.1.16, this must have been accidentally misattributed and referring to either 1.1.21 or 1.1.22. Regardless of the scriptural statement, `A low born becomes purified by embracing spiritual life', means he is considered pure, but not entitled to perform purificatory ceremonies like initiation or deity installation." However, due to spiritual regulation, just as a Brahmana's son has to wait for his thread ceremony (Brahmana's initiation), the lowborn devotee, although initiated, has to take another birth to perform such purificatory functions. ![]() Similarly, those born in untouchable low class families have their impurities removed by initiation into Bhakti-yoga. They have to wait until their purificatory thread ceremony of Brahmana initiation to perform such services. "Even though born in a Brahmana dynasty and are not of low birth, still they remain unqualified to perform any purificatory ceremonies like initiation or fire sacrifices. ![]() ![]() Srila Jiva Goswami, the back-bone of Gaudiya Vaisnavism states in his Durgama-Sangamani (1.16)
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