Manusmriti
हत्वा लोकानपीमांस्त्रीनश्नन्नपि यतस्ततः । ऋग्वेदं धारयन् विप्रो नैनः प्राप्नोति किं चन ॥ २६१ ॥
A Brahmana who retains in his memory the Rig-veda is not stained by guilt, though he may have destroyed these three worlds, though he may eat the food of anybody.
english translation
hatvA lokAnapImAMstrInaznannapi yatastataH । RgvedaM dhArayan vipro nainaH prApnoti kiM cana ॥ 261 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript