<em>Then with the royal chaplains they</em>
<em>Took each his place in long array.</em>
<em>The twice born chiefs, with zealous heed,</em>
<em>Made ready what the rite would need.</em>
"Now about the office of a Purohita (house priest). The gods do not eat the food offered by a king, who has no house-priest (Purohita). Thence the king even when (not) intending to bring a sacrifice, should appoint a Bráhman to the office of house-priest." HAUG'S <em>Autareya Bráhmanam. Vol. II. p. 528</em>.