O foremost of liberal men, the Brahmanas should never be punished by you, for the Brahmana, O son of Pandu, is the foremost of human beings on the Earth.
अदण्ड्याश्चैव ते पुत्र विप्राश्च ददतां वर। भूतमेतत् परं लोके ब्राह्मणो नाम पाण्डव॥