O descendant of Tapati, men should, therefore, always employ learned and selfcontrolled priests for the acquisition of every good fortune that he desires (to get). That man an is fit to be the priest of kings who is engaged in the study of the Vedas and their six branches, who is pure and truthful and who is virtuousminded and self-controlled.
तस्मात् तापत्य यत्किंचिऋणां श्रेय इहेप्सितम्। तस्मिन् कर्मणि योक्तव्या दान्तात्मानः पुरोहिताः।७४। वेदे षडङ्गे निरताः शुचयः सत्यवादिनः। धर्मात्मानः कृतात्मानः स्युर्नृपाणां पुरोहिताः॥