It is not age or decrepitude, of wealth or the number of kinsmen, by which the Rishis claim their mcrit. He only is great who is capable of reading and understanding the Vedas.'
न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तेन न बन्धुभिः॥ ऋषयश्चक्रिरे धर्म योऽनूचानः स नो महान्।