Brahman said Among men, the royal Kshatriya is gifted with the middle quality. Among vehicles, the elephant (is so); and among dwellers of the forest the lion; among all (sacrificial) animals, the sheep; among all those that live in holes, is the snake; among cattle, the bull; among females, the male.
मनुष्याणां तु राजन्यः क्षत्रियो मध्यमो गुणः। कुञ्जरो वाहनानां च सिंहचारण्यवासिनाम्॥ अविः पशूनां सर्वेषामहिस्तु बिलवासिनाम्। गवां गोवृषभश्चैव स्त्रीणां पुरुष एव च॥