If that first and foremost of gods had not, by displaying his prowess, subjugated the Earth with all her Asuras, then all the duties of the four orders and all the duties of the four modes of life would all have been destroyed owing to the destruction of Brahmanas.
इमामुर्वी नाजयद्विक्रमेण देवश्रेष्ठः सासुरामादिदेवः। चातुर्वण्र्यं चातुराश्रम्यधर्माः सर्वे न स्युर्ब्राह्मणानां विनाशात्॥