Devayani said : O best of men, why do you say that a Brahmana is to be avoided like an angry and virulently poisonous snake, or a blazing and flaming fire?
देवयान्युवाच कथमाशीविषात् सर्पाज्ज्वलनात् सर्वतोमुखात्। दुराधर्षतरो विप्र इत्यात्य पुरुषर्षभ॥