The deities also become pleased when the Brahmanas are pleased. There is no doubt in this. They who give away the sacrificial Havi to the Brahmanas become themselves pleased.
तथैव देवता राजन् नात्र कार्या विचारणा। तथैव तेऽपि प्रीयन्ते येषां भवति तद्धविः॥