Yudhishthira replied Hear, O Yaksha, O adorable one, Neither birth nor learning (makes one a Brahmana). It admits of no doubt that good character only is the cause of Brahmanhood.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच शृणु यक्ष कुलं तात न स्वाध्यायो न च श्रुतम्। कारणं हि द्विजत्वे च वृत्तमेव न संशयः॥