Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga thought: Not even my life is dearer to me than the brahminical culture and the brāhmaṇas, who are worshiped by my family. What then is to be said of my kingdom, land, wife, children and opulence? Nothing is dearer to me than the brāhmaṇas.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
न मे ब्रह्मकुलात्प्राणाः कुलदैवान्न चात्मजाः । न श्रियो न मही राज्यं न दाराश्चातिवल्लभाः
na me brahmakulātprāṇāḥ kuladaivānna cātmajāḥ | na śriyo na mahī rājyaṃ na dārāścātivallabhāḥ
SB 9.9.43