There are persons bathed in learning and bathed in vows. Without depending upon anybody they get their means of living. These Brahmanas of rigid vows are given to Vedic study and penances without proclaiming their practices to any one. men
विद्यास्नाता व्रतस्नाता ये व्यपाश्रित्य जीविनः। गूढस्वाध्यायतपसो ब्राह्मणाः संशितव्रताः॥