Bhishma said One should always offer the most respectful adoration to the Brahmanas. They have Soma for their king, and they it is who confer happiness and misery upon others.
भीष्म उवाच ब्राह्मणानेव सततं भृशं सम्परिपूजयेत्। एते हि सोमराजान ईश्वराः सुखदुःखयोः॥