Neither my father, nor my grandfather, nor any one else connected with me by blood, is dearer to me than the Brahmanas.
न मे पिता प्रियतरो ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तथाभवत्। न मे पितुः पिता वापि ये चान्येऽपि सुहृज्जनाः।।१५