Who that foremost of the Brahmanas, is a Brahmachari, possessed of liberality and always attends to the studies, who carefully studies (the Vedas). The gods know him to be a Brahmana.
ब्रह्मचारी वदान्यो योऽधीयीत् द्विजपुङ्गवः॥ स्वाध्यायवानमत्तो वै तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः।