And for this, the Brāhmaṇas were the highest caste, effulgent in asceticism, asceticism, shorn shorn of ignorance, above death and conversant with three ages.
तस्मिन्युगे प्रज्वलिते ब्रह्मभूते त्वनावृते॥ अमृत्यवस्तदा सर्वे जज्ञिरे दीर्घदर्शिनः।