alpam api cet sahitaṃ bhāṣamāṇo dharmasya bhavati hy anudharmacārī |
rāgaṃ ca doṣaṃ ca tathaiva mohaṃ prahāyabhāgī śrāmaṇyārthasya bhavati |4,23|
23 (20). He who, though he can only recite a few lines (of the law), walks in the path of the law, and has forsaken passion, anger, and ignorance, he has a share in the priesthood.