And it is for that reason that I have put to you these questions relating to Brahma and the Brahmanas. Truthfulness, self-control, asceticism, benevolence, unenviousness and adherence to virtue,
ब्रह्म च ब्राह्मणत्वं च येन त्वाहमचूचुदम्। सत्यं दमस्तपो दानाहिंसाधर्मनित्यता।॥