Forsooth, the dignity of a Brahmana is highly difficult to attain, and being attained, is difficult to maintain, it is capable of removing every sort of grief. Alas, having got it men do not always seek to keep it up.
ब्राह्मण्यं यो न जानीते धनं लब्वेव दुर्लभम्। दुष्प्रापं खलु विप्रत्वं प्राप्तं दुरनुपालनम्॥