Mahabharata 3.288.7

ब्राह्मणा हि महाभागाः पूजिताः पृथिवीपतेतारणाय समर्थाः स्युर्विपरीते वधाय च

brāhmaṇā hi mahābhāgāḥ pūjitāḥ pṛthivīpatetāraṇāya samarthāḥ syurviparīte vadhāya ca

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