If such Brahmanas, who must be considered as the foremost of their order, live in your kingdom, you should consider them as fire covered with ashes.
यदि वै तादृशा राष्ट्रान् वसेयुस्ते द्विजोत्तमाः। भस्मच्छन्नानिवाग्नीस्तान् बुध्येथास्त्वं प्रयत्नतः॥