Yudhishthira said There are Vedic texts relating to the gift of Dakshina in sacrifices. There is no ordinance, however, which says that so much should be given.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच यदिदं वेदवचनं दक्षिणासु विधीयते। इदं देयमिदं देयं न क्व चिद् व्यवतिष्ठते॥