That foremost of kings, their father gave them away to the Brahmanas as sacrificial peasants, at his own sacrifice. Each of those princes was followed by hundreds upon hundreds of car-warriors and elephants.
तानश्वमेधे राजेन्द्रो ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽददत् पिता। शतं शतं रथगजा एकैकं पृष्ठतोऽन्वयुः॥