Followed by the Veda and Vedanga knowing Brahmanas, ever devoted in the contemplation of the Supreme spirit by persons skilled in music, by ascetics devoted to the Deity, by Pauranika Sutas (men learned in the Puranas), by Kathakas (the reciters of sacred stories), by celebrate, by dwellers of forests, by Brahmanas who recited sweetly the celestials histories.
वेदवेदाङ्गविद्वांसस्तथैवाध्यात्मचिन्तकाः। भैक्षाश्च भगवद्भक्ताः सूताः पौराणिकाश्च ये॥ कथकाश्चापरे राजन् श्रमणाश्च वनौकसः। दिव्याख्यानानि ये चापि पद्दन्ति मधुरं द्विजाः॥