The Brahmana is conversant with that which has taken place and that which will take place. The Brahmana is the foremost of all twolegged beings. The Brahmana, O chief of the Bharatas, is fully conversant with those duties which have been laid down for his order.
आगतानागते चोभे ब्राह्मणो द्विपदां वरः। ब्राह्मणो भरतश्रेष्ठ स्वधर्मं चैव वेद यः॥