If they be pleased, you will win high fame. If otherwise, great will be your fear. If pleased, the Brahmanas become like ambrosia. If enraged, they become like poison.
प्रीत्या यशो भवेन्मुख्यमप्रीत्या परमं भयम्। प्रीत्या ह्यमृतवद् विप्राः क्रुद्धाश्चैव विषं यथा।॥