Yudhishthira said Whom have the eternal Brahmanas selected a proper object of gifts? Is a Brahmana who bears the marks of the order of life he follows to be considered as such, or is one divested of such marks to be so regarded.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच किमाहुर्भरतश्रेष्ठ पात्रं विप्राः सनातनाः। ब्राह्मणं लिङ्गिनं चैव ब्राह्मणं वाप्यलिङ्गिनम्॥