Just like Rāmānanda Rāya. He was very rich man, he was governor, but he always engaged himself in Kṛṣṇa's service. He was one of the most confidential servant and devotee of Lord Caitanya. So the conclusion is that richness or aristocracy, they are not qualification and they are not disqualification also, provided we agree to hear about Kṛṣṇa from the right source. This is the conclusion.
Then he says, viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād aravinda-nābha-pādāravinda-vimukhāt śvapacaṁ variṣṭham (SB 7.9.10). Viprād, brāhmiṇ, dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa, a brāhmiṇ not by birth but with quality. Guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ. That is śāstra. Śāstra means, Lord Kṛṣṇa says, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ (BG 4.13). A brāhmiṇ or a kṣatriya or a vaiśya or a śūdra or a brahmacārī or a gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsī, they are divided according to the quality. According to the quality. Never says janma. Quality.
So here also it is said, viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād. Dvi means double, twice, and ṣaḍ means six, then means twelve. Twelve kinds of qualities a brāhmiṇ meets. The twelve kinds of qualities are also mentioned here. (reads from Śrīdhara Swami commentary:) Evaṁ bhaktyeva kevalaya hari . . . (indistinct) . . . sambhavati tukta idaniṁ bhaktiṁ vinā na kiñcit toṣa . . . (indistinct) . . . dviṣaṭ . . . (indistinct) . . . guṇa . . . (indistinct) . . . variṣṭhaṁ manye. Even a brāhmiṇ, unless one is qualified by the twelve prescribed qualities in the śāstra, he cannot be accept . . . he cannot be accepted as brāhmiṇ.
Śrīdhara Swami says that even though one is qualified with all those good qualities which indicates that one is brāhmiṇ . . . Prahlāda Mahārāja also says that viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād (SB 7.9.10). Even though he is qualified, but he is not a devotee. Generally, those who are very highly qualified brāhmiṇ, they are very proud, and they do not become a devotee, generally. "Oh, devotion, this is for poor man. This is for the . . . those who are not highly educated, for them. They are chanting, dancing." They criticize like that.
But actually that is not the fact. Jīva Gosvāmī was the most learned scholar. Rūpa Gosvāmī was most learned scholar. All the . . . Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself, the most learned scholars. His one description of the Bhāgavata śloka . . . what is that śloka? Ātmārāmāś ca munayo (SB 1.7.10). He explained in sixty-four ways to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was very proud of his knowledge. He was a great scholar, Bṛhaspati's . . . he is considered to be incarnation of Bṛhaspati, the learned scholar of heaven. And still, when he argued with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about Vedānta-sūtra, he was defeated. He was defeated, and then he became His disciple. Similarly, Caitanya Mahāprabhu had talks with Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, another Māyāvādī sannyāsī scholar. So He also explained Vedānta-sūtra.