The central and unfailing (Vedic) distinctions are the causes that keep up the three worlds. That Illustrious person of the highest caste who is conversant with the Vedas, is adored from the very date of his birth.
त्रैलोक्यस्यैव हेतुर्हि मर्यादा शाश्वती ध्रुवा। ब्राह्मणो नाम भगवान् जन्मप्रभृति पूज्यते॥