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yāhāṅ vipra nāhi tāhāṅ ‘śūdra-mahājana’
āsi’ sabe bhaṭṭācārye kare nimantraṇa
yāhāṅ—allí donde; vipra—brāhmaṇa; nāhi—no hay; tāhāṅ—allí; śūdra-mahā-jana—devotos nacidos en familias que no eran de brāhmaṇas; āsi’—viniendo; sabe—todos ellos; bhaṭṭācārye—a Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya; kare nimantraṇa—hacen una invitación.
En algunos pueblos no había brāhmaṇas; sin embargo, devotos nacidos en familias que no eran de brāhmaṇas venían a pedir a Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya que aceptase su invitación.
Actually a sannyāsī or a brāhmaṇa will not accept an invitation extended by a person born in a lower family. However, there are many devotees who are raised to the platform of brāhmaṇa by their initiation. These people are called śūdra-mahājana. This indicates that one who is born in a non-brāhmaṇa family has accepted the brāhmaṇa status by initiation. Such devotees extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya. A Māyāvādī sannyāsī will accept an invitation only from a brāhmaṇa family, but a Vaiṣṇava does not accept an invitation from a brāhmaṇa if he does not belong to the Vaiṣṇava sect. However, a Vaiṣṇava will accept an invitation from a brāhmaṇa or śūdra-mahājana if that person is an initiated Vaiṣṇava. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself accepted invitations from śūdra-mahājanas, and this confirms the fact that anyone initiated by a Vaiṣṇava mantra can be accepted as a brāhmaṇa. One can accept an invitation from such a person.