O amiable one, if I had been even a vulgar Brahmana I would have considered myself as very great, not to speak of one born in a good family, gifted with righteousness of conduct, and given to penances and learning.
धन्यःस्यां यद्धहं भूयः सौम्य ब्राह्मणकोऽपि वा। कुले जातो धर्मगतिस्तपोविद्यापरायणः॥