Thus, the Aryan society was headed by brahmanas. They were true religious persons having elevated pious qualities, knowledge and mystique powers. Their duties were to exercise ascesis to keep the purity of the body, mind and consciousness. Possessing elevated mentality, they developed incredible power (it is called the same way, brahma-teja, “brahmana’s power”) which was used only to ensure the connection of society with God. The Aryan culture categorically forbade people with impure consciousness (impure habits) to study the Vedas. Nowadays it is thought that brahmanas did so because of their arrogance. But it was not the case. Study of the Vedic literature by persons with sinful inclinations was forbidden in order not to let them speculate on this knowledge to excuse their sinful inclinations. It is said that people approach the divine knowledge out of the three motives: