yÄhÄá¹… vipra nÄhi tÄhÄá¹… 'śūdra-mahÄjana'
Äsi' sabe bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrye kare nimantraṇa
yÄhÄá¹… - wherever; vipra - brÄhmaṇa; nÄhi - there is not; tÄhÄá¹… - there; śūdra-mahÄ-jana - devotees born in families other than brÄhmaṇa; Äsi' - coming; sabe - all of them; bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrye - to Balabhadra Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya; kare nimantraṇa - make invitation.
Actually a sannyÄsÄ« or a brÄhmaṇa 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 brÄhmaṇa by their initiation. These people are called śūdra-mahÄjana. This indicates that one who is born in a non-brÄhmaṇa family has accepted the brÄhmaṇa status by initiation. Such devotees extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya. A MÄyÄvÄdÄ« sannyÄsÄ« will accept an invitation only from a brÄhmaṇa family, but a Vaiṣṇava does not accept an invitation from a brÄhmaṇa if he does not belong to the Vaiṣṇava sect. However, a Vaiṣṇava will accept an invitation from a brÄhmaṇa or śūdra-mahÄjana if that person is an initiated Vaiṣṇava. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu Himself accepted invitations from śūdra-mahÄjanas, and this confirms the fact that anyone initiated by a Vaiṣṇava mantra can be accepted as a brÄhmaṇa. One can accept an invitation from such a person.