Then the Brahman was made to give a full account of himself and where he had come from, and when this was found to be true, the bride price was fixed and paid and the marriage took place and the Brahman became a Chamar. CLXV.

The Brahman was a very thin man with his ribs showing through his skin.

"From his high birth," says Menu, "a Brahman is an object of veneration, even to deities."