When angry, they are like snakes of drcadful poison. Such being their nature, do you, O Yudhishthira, serve and attend them with obedience and respect. The Brahmanas are superior to those who are higher than the high and the low.
आशीविषानिव क्रुद्धास्तानुपाचरत द्विजान्। अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश्चापि ये परे॥