If a brāhmaṇa has all twelve of the brahminical qualifications [as they are stated in the book called Sanat-sujāta] but is not a devotee and is averse to the lotus feet of the Lord, he is certainly lower than a devotee who is a dog-eater but who has dedicated everything — mind, words, activities, wealth and life — to the Supreme Lord. Such a devotee is better than such a brāhmaṇa because the devotee can purify his whole family, whereas the so-called brāhmaṇa in a position of false prestige cannot purify even himself.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
विप्राद्द्विषड्गुणयुतादरविन्दनाभ- पादारविन्दविमुखाच्छ्वपचं वरिष्ठम् । मन्ये तदर्पितमनोवचनेहितार्थ- प्राणं पुनाति स कुलं न तु भूरिमानः
viprāddviṣaḍguṇayutādaravindanābha- pādāravindavimukhācchvapacaṃ variṣṭham | manye tadarpitamanovacanehitārtha- prāṇaṃ punāti sa kulaṃ na tu bhūrimānaḥ
SB 7.9.10