Then the Brahmana Vamadeva went to his kingdom and spoke thus to the king Dala, “O king, it has been ordained in all the Shastras that men should give away to the Brahmanas.
राज्ये तदा तत्र गत्वा स विप्रः प्रोवाचेदं वचनं वामदेवः। मेवं राजन् सर्वधर्मेषु दृष्टम्॥