It has been ordained that a Brahmana should acquire and practise all the virtues. For a Kshatriya it has been ordained that he should acquire and practise one fourth of all virtues.
चतुष्पात् सकलो धर्मो ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते। पादावकृष्टो राजन्ये तथा धर्मो विधीयते॥