Tell me truly, O chief of Bharata's race, what the merits are of those persons who grant protection to living creatures of the four castes when these pray for protection.
शरणागतं ये रक्षन्ति भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम्। किं तस्य भरतश्रेष्ठ फलं भवति तत्त्वतः॥