Mahabharata 9.39.29

स लब्ध्वा तपसोग्रेण ब्राह्मणत्वं महायशाःविचचार महीं कृत्स्नां कृतकामः सुरोपमः

sa labdhvā tapasogreṇa brāhmaṇatvaṃ mahāyaśāḥvicacāra mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ kṛtakāmaḥ suropamaḥ

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.