If the Brahmana be pleased, the departed Manes and the deities also are pleased. There is nothing superior to a Brahmana possessed of Vedic learning.
अस्मिंस्तृप्ते च तृप्यन्ते पितरो दैवतानि च। न हि श्रुतवतां किंचिदधिकं ब्राह्मणादृते॥