Riding then on his car which was effulgent like fire or the Sun, the king, blinded by his great prowess, said, Who, indeed, is there who can be considered as my equal in patience and energy, in fame and heroism, in prowess and strength? After he had uttered these words, an invisible voice in the sky, said, O ignorant wretch, do you not know that the Brahmana is superior to the Kshatriya? The Kshatriya, helped by the Brahman, rules all creatures.
ततः स रथमास्थाय ज्वलनार्कसमद्युतिम्। अब्रवीद् वीर्य सम्मोहात् को वास्ति सदृशो मम।। धैर्यवैिर्यशः शौर्यैर्विक्रमेणौजसापि वा। तद्वाक्यान्ते चान्तरिक्षो वागुवाचाशरीरिणी॥ न त्वं मूढ विजानीषे ब्राह्मणं क्षत्रियाद् वरम्। सहितो ब्राह्मणेनेह क्षत्रियः शास्ति वै प्रजाः॥