The gods regard him as a Brahmana whose life is for the practice of righteousness, whose righteousness is for the behoof of them who wait dutifully upon him, and whose days and nights exist only for acquiring religious merit.
जीवितं यस्य धर्मार्थं धर्मो हर्यर्थमेव च। अहोरात्राश्च पुण्यार्थं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः॥