In the same text it is mentioned:

brähmaëaù kñatriyo vaiçyaù

çüdro vä yadi vetaraù

Viñëu-bhakti-samäyukto

jïeyaù sarvottamottamaù

“A brähmaëa, kñatriya, vaiçya, çüdra or whoever one may be, if he is dedicated to Viñëu, he is considered the best of people.”

It was mentioned earlier that a person who has taken up the devotional service of Lord Viñëu is superior to all others inside or outside the varëäçrama system. He has completely rejected fruitive activities like worship of demigods and forefathers, and nitya, naimittika and kämya rites mentioned in the Vedas and Puränas which are in the modes of passion and ignorance. 'Vä' means applicable to any of the varëas and 'yadi' means if. Even those born in low families, if they give up all kinds of activities causing further entanglement in material existence and take up serving the devotees, they are considered the best. The çüdra who is servant of a devotee is superior to the çüdra serving a brähmaëa, kñatriya or vaiçya. There are eleven kinds of çüdras according to Haréta Saàhitä:

palagaëòas tantraväyo

mäläkäraç ca tailikaù

karmakäras tämbuliko

modako thäliko naraù

tämbülékåt tathä çüdräù

sat çüdrau gopa-näpitau

palagaëòa - a stone worker or claypot maker

tantraväya - a weaver

mälakära - a gardener

tailika - an oilman

karmakära- a blacksmith

tambuliko - seller of betel nuts

modaka - a confectioner

thälika - plate maker

tambülikåt - preparer of betel leaves

gopa - a milker of cows (distinct from the vaiçya, who owns the cows)

näpita - a barber

All are counted in the çüdra category, but the gopas and näpitas are the true çüdras.

The vaiçya, performing duties such as farming, commerce, and cow protection, and avoiding such fruitive actions which cause one to enjoy or suffer in heaven or hell, and serving only the brähmanas and kñatriyas, is superior to a çüdra serving the higher classes.

Superior to such a vaiçya is a kñatriya, who in his occupation serves the brähmaëas of great devotion and faith, and with determination protects all living entities by his heroic qualities. Superior to such a kñatriya is a brähmaëa who has destroyed the karma causing material bondage and suffering in hellish conditions, who has the eight or twelve qualities as described in Çrémad Bhägavatam, and who chants only the Brahmä-Gäyatré and avoids all rituals aiming at material enjoyment. The twelve qualities are stated in Mahäbhärata by Sanat Sujata:

dharmaç ca satyaà ca damaç tapas ca

hy amätsaryaà hrés titikñänasüya

yajïaç ca dänaà ca dhåtiù çrutaà ca

Vratäëi vai dvädaça brähmaëasya

“Religiosity, truthfulness, sense-control, austerity, nonenvy, modesty, tolerance, freedom from fault-finding, sacrifice, charity, steadiness and knowledge are the twelve qualities of a brähmaëa.”

'Vai' means certainly. These are the twelve qualities of brähmaëas who are purified by chanting Gäyatré mantra. 'Dharma' means to be steady in proper behaviour, avoiding nonreligious action. 'Satyam' means always being truthful, even till the end of life. 'Dama' means sense control. 'Tapa' means to be steady in daily austerity, not giving trouble to the body for fruitive results. 'Hré' means always being modest because of great civility, out of fear of social dishonour and falling to a low position. 'Amätsarya' means free from jealousy, free from showing one's household opulence to put down others. A person should be enthusiastic to see other’s advancement. 'Titikña' means to be tolerant of abusive speech, insult, defeat, disregard, disrespect and other bodily troubles. 'Anasüyä' means not finding any fault in others. 'Yajïa' means non-fruitive sacrifices, but the yajïa of chanting Gäyatré mantra hundreds and thousands of times. 'Dänaà' refers to those charitable activities like distributing water, food, clothes to all whether invited or uninvited guests, relatives and others who are within or outside of the varëäçrama system, with devotion and according to ones ability. There is no saìkalpa (vow) or desire to enjoy the fruit of such distribution. 'Dhåti' means firmness and satisfaction of mind without disturbance from the turbulence of the material world. 'Çruta' means having natural attraction for studying, teaching and hearing the Vedas in the mode of goodness.

The qualties of brähmaëas are also described in Çrémad-Bhägavatam 5.5.28, 7.7.9, and 7.11.21. In Närada Païcarätra 1.2.42 it says that the svadharma of the brähmaìas is to serve Kåñëa and to eat His naivedya (an offering of bhoga to the Deity) and to drink His pädaka water daily.

Superior to such a brähmaëa is a brahmacäri who practises all the brähmiëical qualities faithfully throughout his life, and practises all the rules of brahmacärya or penance as mentioned in the Çruti, Småti, and Puräëas. Superior to such a brahmacäri is a gåhastha, a householder who has the same brähminical qualities and offers service to guests, who come by their own will without any invitation, with food and water, and satisfies them according to his ability. The vanaprastha, who has renounced his gåhastha-äçrama and stays in the forest with his wife, following strictly all rules of brähmiëical qualities, is superior to such a householder. And the sannyäsé or an ascetic who practices all the rules and regulations as prescribed in the Vedas, Puräëas, Upa-Puräëas, and Mahäbhärata is superior to such a vanaprastha.

(This last section shows that the sannyäsé, the topmost person in the varëäçrama system, gives up all fruitive actions -worship of devatäs and pitås completely. He is a model for all others to follow.)