Sages Valmiki, Parashar, Vyas were not Brahmins by birth, but they progressed by their karmas and acquired the position of reverence and they are our ideals.
वाल्मिकी, पराशर, व्यास ये ऋषिगण जन्म से बाह्मण नहीं थे, तो कर्म से स्वयं की उन्नत्ति कर वे पूजनीय हुए तथा हमारे आदर्श हुए हैं ।