Mahabharata 13.94.18

क्षत्रं हि दैवतमिव ब्राह्मणं समुपाश्रितम्अमलो ह्येष तपसा प्रीतः प्रीणाति देवताः

kṣatraṃ hi daivatamiva brāhmaṇaṃ samupāśritamamalo hyeṣa tapasā prītaḥ prīṇāti devatāḥ

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