O king of the Videhas, Brahmanas learned in the Vedas, O king, regard a (virtutous) Shudra as equal to Brahman himself. I, however, O king, regard such a Shudra as the effulgent Vishnu of the universe, the foremost one in all the worlds.
वैदेह कं शूद्रमुदाहरन्ति द्विजा महाराज श्रुतोपपन्नाः। अहं हि पश्यामि नरेन्द्र देवं विश्वस्य विष्णु जगतः प्रधानम्॥