Manusmriti
धर्मस्य ब्राह्मणो मूलमग्रं राजन्य उच्यते । तस्मात् समागमे तेषामेनो विख्याप्य शुध्यति ॥ ८३ ॥
The Brahmana is declared (to be) the root of the sacred law and the Kshatriya its top; hence he who has confessed his sin before an assembly of such men, becomes pure.
english translation
dharmasya brAhmaNo mUlamagraM rAjanya ucyate । tasmAt samAgame teSAmeno vikhyApya zudhyati ॥ 83 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript