This object of your desire viz., the dignity of Brahmana, which is the foremost of everything, cannot be even acquired by penances. Therefore by coveting that foremost dignity, you will surely meet with destruction.
श्रेष्ठतां सर्वभूतेषु तपोऽर्थे नातिवर्तते। तदग्र्यं प्रार्थयानस्त्वमचिराद् विनशिष्यसि॥