A person by adoring a Brahmana acquires happiness; while by abstaining from such worship, he gets grief and misery. The Brahmana is as regards all creatures, the giver of what they prize or covet and the protector of what they already have.
पूजयन् सुखपाप्नोति दुःखमाप्नोत्यपूजयन्। ब्राह्मणः सर्वभूतानां योगक्षेमसमर्पिता॥