शूद्रं वा भगवद्भक्तं निषादं श्वपचं तथा ।
वीक्षते जातिसामान्यात्स याति नरकं ध्रुवम् ॥
śūdraṁ vā bhagavad-bhaktaṁ niṣādaṁ śvapacaṁ tathā |
vīkṣate jāti-sāmānyāt sa yāti narakaṁ dhruvam ||
(Itihāsa-samuccaya; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.119; Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 5.455)
“One who sees a bhakta of Bhagavān to be a śūdra, tribesman (niṣāda), or dog-cooker [i.e., outcaste] because of commonality in caste (jāti) certainly goes to Naraka.”
Commentary
jāti-sāmānyāt nīca-jātir ayam iti yad vā yathānyaḥ śūdras tathāyam apīty ādi-prakāreṇa samāna-jātitayā yo vīkṣate |
(Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā)
“One who sees [a bhakta of Bhagavān] as being equal in caste (jāti) [to non-bhaktas of particular castes], ‘He [i.e., a bhakta] is of low caste because of [there being] commonality in caste [between him and others of low caste],’ or, ‘He [i.e., a bhakta] too is like other śūdras’ [certainly goes to Naraka].”