Bhishma said O king it has been said that gifts should be made a Brahmana who follows the duties of his own order, whether he bears the marks of Brahmacharya or not, for both are faultless, viz., he who bears such marks and he who is divested of them.
भीष्म उवाच स्ववृत्तिमभिपन्नाथ लिङ्गिने चेतराय च। देयमाहुर्महाराज उभावेतौ तपस्विनौ॥