# Cc. Antya 6.198 ## Text > yadyadi brahmaṇya kare brāhmaṇera sahāya > 'śuddha-vaiṣṇava' nahe, haye 'vaiṣṇavera prāya' ## Synonyms *yadyapi*—although; *brahmaṇya* *kare*—give charity to the brāhmaṇas; *brāhmaṇera* *sahāya*—great helpers to the brāhmaṇas; *śuddha*-*vaiṣṇava*—pure Vaiṣṇavas; *nahe*—not; *haye*—they are; *vaiṣṇavera* *prāya*—almost like Vaiṣṇavas. ## Translation **"Although your father and uncle are charitable to brāhmaṇas and greatly help them, they are nevertheless not pure Vaishnavas. However, they are almost like Vaiṣṇavas.** ## Purport As stated by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his *Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya,* some people, usually very rich men, dress like Vaiṣṇavas and give charity to *brāhmaṇas.* They are also attached to Deity worship, but because of their attachment to material enjoyment, they cannot be pure Vaiṣṇavas. *Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam.* The pure Vaiṣṇava has no desire for material enjoyment. That is the basic qualification of a pure Vaiṣṇava. There are men, especially rich men, who regularly worship the Deity, give charity to *brāhmaṇas* and are pious in every respect, but they cannot be pure Vaiṣṇavas. Despite their outward show of Vaiṣṇavism and charity, their inner desire is to enjoy a higher standard of material life. Raghunātha dāsa's father, Govardhana, and uncle, Hiraṇya dāsa, were both very charitable to *brāhmaṇas.* Indeed, the *brāhmaṇas* from the Gauḍīya district were practically dependent upon them. Thus they were accepted as very pious gentlemen. However, they presented themselves as Vaiṣṇavas to the eyes of people in general, although from a purely spiritual point of view they were ordinary human beings, not pure Vaiṣṇavas. Actual Vaiṣṇavas considered them almost Vaiṣṇavas, not pure Vaiṣṇavas. In other words, they were *kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs,* for they were ignorant of higher Vaiṣṇava regulative principles. Nevertheless, they could not be called *viṣayīs,* or blind materialistic enjoyers.