We have heard of numerous monarchs who attained to heaven having duly given away this earth as a gift to the Brahmanas.
श्रुताश्च बहवोऽस्माभी राजानो ये दिवं गताः। दत्त्वेमां पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथाविधि॥