A king should first engage the priest in his office, and then perform his own coronation. This has bean laid down in the scriptures. The ordinance declare that the Brahmana is the foremost of all creatures. Men who know the Vedas say that the Brahinana was created first.
तं चैवान्वभिषिच्येत तथा धर्मो विधीयते। अग्रयो हि ब्राह्मणः प्रोक्तः सर्वस्यैवेह धर्मतः॥