The word guru is equally applicable to the vartma-pradarçaka-guru,

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If one becomes a guru, he is automatically a brähmaëa. Sometimes a caste

guru says that yei kanëa-tattva-vettä, sei 'guru' haya means that one who is

not a brähmaëa may become a çiknä-guru or a vartma-pradarçaka-guru but not

an initiator guru. According to such caste gurus, birth and family ties are

considered foremost. However, the hereditary consideration is not acceptable

to Vainëavas. The word guru is equally applicable to the

vartma-pradarçaka-guru, çiknä-guru and déknä-guru.

Çré Caitanya-caritämata Madhya-lélä 8.128