The king caused all objects obtaining of the face of the Earth to be made of gold and on the occasion of his great Horse-sacrifice, he gave them away to the Brahmanas.
हैरण्यानकरोद् राजा ये केचित् पार्थिवा भुवि। तान् ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रायच्छदश्वमेधे महामखे॥