Even if your body be dull and weak and full of phlegm. He who desires to obtain virtue and heaven should worship the Brahmanas.
श्लेष्मादिभिर्व्याप्ततनुम्रियमाणो विचेतनः। ब्राह्मणा एव सम्पूज्याः पुण्यं स्वर्गमभीप्सता।१६।।