Some among them, as already said, are like snakes of dreadful poison, and some that are gifted with very mild dispositions. The dispositions, O Yudhishthira, of the Brahmanas, are of various kinds.
सन्ति चाशीविषसमाः सन्ति मन्दास्तथापरे। विविधानीह वृत्तानि ब्राह्मणानां युधिष्ठिर॥