Having completed that sacrifice, that perpetuator of his race, and foremost of men, the king, conferied on the priests the earth; and having conferred it, that auspicious descendant of Ikşvāku experienced high delight. And then the priests spoke to that monarch, who had all his sins purged off saying.
क्रतुं समाप्य तु तदा न्यायत: पुरुषर्षभः। ऋत्विग्भ्यो हि ददौ राजा धरां तां कुलवर्धनः॥ एवं दत्त्वा प्रहृष्टोऽभूच्छीमानिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः। ऋत्विजस्त्वब्रुवन् सर्वे राजानं गतकिल्विषम्॥