Ritwijas, Priests and Preceptors, when well-read in the Vedas and when behaving mildly towards disciples, become such. Forsooth, Kshatriya energy loses its force upon a Brahmana when it meets him.
ऋत्विक्पुरोहिताचार्या मृदुब्रह्मधरा हि ते। क्षात्रेणापि हि संसृष्टं तेजः शाम्यति वै द्विजे॥