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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 1]
PURPORT
Although the two brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana (at that time Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika), presented themselves as being born in a low family, they nonetheless belonged to a most respectable  brāhmaṇa  family that was originally from Karṇāta. Thus they actually belonged to the  brāhmaṇa  caste. Unfortunately, because of being associated with the Mohammedan governmental service, their customs and behavior resembled those of the Mohammedans. Therefore they presented themselves as  nīca-jāti . The word  jāti  means birth. According to  śāstra , there are three kinds of birth. The first birth is from the womb of the mother, the second birth is the acceptance of the reformatory method, and the third birth is acceptance by the spiritual master (initiation). One becomes abominable by adopting an abominable profession or by associating with people who are naturally abominable. Rūpa and Sanātana, as Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika, associated with Mohammedans, who were naturally opposed to brahminical culture and cow protection. In  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (Seventh Canto) it is stated that every person belongs to a certain classification. A person is identifiable by the special symptoms mentioned in the  śāstras . By one's symptoms, one is known to belong to a certain caste. Both Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika belonged to the  brāhmaṇa  caste, but because they were employed by Mohammedans, their original habits degenerated into those of the Mohammedan community. Since the symptoms of brahminical culture were almost nil, they identified themselves with the lowest caste. In the  Bhakti-ratnākara  it is clearly stated that because Sākara Mallika and Dabira Khāsa associated with lower-class men, they introduced themselves as belonging to the lower classes. Actually, however, they had been born in respectable  brāhmaṇa  families.
TEXT 190
মতুল্যে নাস্তি পাপাত্মা নাপরাধী চ কশ্চন । 
    পরিহারেহপি লজ্জা মে কিং ক্রবে পুরুষোত্তম ॥১৯॥
mat-tulyo nāsti pāpātmā  
 nāparādhī ca kaścana  
 parihāre 'pi lajjā me  
 kiṁ bruve puruṣottama
SYNONYMS
mat —me;  tulyaḥ —like;  na asti —there is not;  pāpa-ātmā —sinful man;  na aparādhī —nor an offender;  ca —also;  kaścana —anyone;  parihāre —in beg-