Even this is what Narada said to me, viz., that one should always respect a Brahmana that is well born, of rigid vows, and conversant with the scriptures, if one wishes every kind of prosperity.
ब्राह्मणं जातिसम्पन्नं धर्मज्ञं संशितं शुचिम्। अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश्चैव येऽपरे॥