Vaishampayana said : The best of men ate the produce of the wilderness and the (meat of) deer killed with pure arrows, which they first dedicated to the Brahmanas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच वानेयांश्च मृगांश्चैव शुद्धैर्बाणैर्निपातितान्। ब्राह्मणानां निवेद्याचमभुञ्जन् पुरुषर्षभाः॥