Yudhishthira said : The study of the Vedas is their divine attribute. Their asceticism is like the virtuous practices of the pious. Death is their human attribute. And slander (by them) is like the behaviour of the impious.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच स्वाध्याय एषां देवत्वं तप एषां सतामिव। मरणं मानुषो भावः परिवादोऽसतामिव॥