# Cc. Madhya 17.60 > যাহাঁ বিপ্র নাহি তাহাঁ ‘শূদ্রমহাজন’ । > আসি’ সবে ভট্টাচার্যে করে নিমন্ত্রণ ॥৬০॥ ## Text > yāhāṅ vipra nāhi tāhāṅ 'śūdra-mahājana' > āsi' sabe bhaṭṭācārye kare nimantraṇa ## Synonyms *yāhāṅ*—wherever; *vipra*—*brāhmaṇa*; *nāhi*—there is not; *tāhāṅ*—there; *śūdra-mahā-jana*—devotees born in families other than *brāhmaṇa*; *āsi'*—coming; *sabe*—all of them; *bhaṭṭācārye*—to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya; *kare nimantraṇa*—make invitation. ## Translation **In some villages there were no brāhmaṇas; nonetheless, devotees born in non-brāhmaṇa families came and extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.** ## Purport 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.