Whether learned in the Vedas or not, whether pure or impure, they should never be insulted, for Brahmanas are like fires, 'covered with ashes.
सर्वे नानुगतं दुर्वेदा वा सुवेदा वा प्राकृताः संस्कृतास्तथा। ब्राह्मणा नावमन्तव्या भस्मच्छन्ना इवाग्नयः॥