He, who is self-controlled, has drunk the Soma in sacrifices, is of good conduct, has mercy for all creatures and patience to bear everything, has no desire of improving his position by acquisition of wealth, is frank and simple, mild, shorn of cruelty, and forgiving, is truly a Brahmana, and not he who is of sinful deeds.
यः स्याद्दान्तः सोमपश्चार्यशीलः सानुक्रोशः सर्वसहो निराशीः। ऋजुर्मूदुरनृशंसः क्षमावान् स वै विप्रो नेतरः पापकर्मा॥