मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्यु: पापयोनय: ।
स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥
māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ |
striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te’pi yānti parāṁ gatim ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 9.32)
“O Pārtha, by taking full shelter in me, even those of sinful birth, women, merchants, and laborers certainly attain the supreme destination.”