History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s3.19

c7.s3.19

A Brāhmin was called Bhūdeva or god on earth. In the period of the Upaniṣadas, the glory of a Brāhmin lay in his knowledge of the Supreme Being. In the Paurāṇik age he claimed reverence equal to that offered to the gods, by virtue of his birth alone.