Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  When Ravana heard that his entire battalion of elite warriors had been wiped out by a single monkey, he was stunned.

Mahabharata:  Karna’s craving to be included in the elite class of warriors made him vulnerable to manipulation by Duryodhana who had granted him entry into that class.

Bhagavad-gita:  The Gita states that membership of the elite class of brahmanas, or for that matter of any class, is determined by one’s qualities and activities, not merely by one’s birth.