Bhagavatapurana 3.16.22

3.16.22

nūnaṃ bhṛtaṃ tad-abhighāti rajas tamaś ca % sattvena no varadayā tanuvā nirasya //

Dispelling with your pure form—which grants boons to us—passion and darkness which destroy it.

3.16.22.p2

na tvaṃ dvijottama-kulaṃ yadi hātma-gopaṃ $ goptā vṛṣaḥ svarhaṇena sa-sūnṛtena &

If you, the protector and the bull of dharma, did not protect the foremost line of brāhmaṇas who protect themselves, with respectful worship and gentle speech,

23. If Thou the supreme Lord, shouldst not protect the race of the great Brahmins deserving to be protected only by Thee, by proper regard and kind words, O God, then will be lost the happy and blessed path (of Vedic teachings) and the world would follow the course of the foremost *man* as their authority (for their conduct).

3.16.22.p3

na tvaṃ dvijottama-kulaṃ yadi hātma-gopaṃ $ goptā vṛṣaḥ svarhaṇena sa-sūnṛtena &

If you, the protector and the bull of dharma, did not protect the foremost line of brāhmaṇas who protect themselves, with respectful worship and gentle speech,