What are the duties of a Brahmana, and what is the essence of those duties that have Liberation for their object. How, also, is Liberation to be acquired. Is it to be acquired by the help of Knowledge or by that Penances?
किं कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह मोक्षार्थश्च किमात्मकः। कथं च मोक्षः प्राप्तव्यो ज्ञानेन तपसाथवा॥