Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 163
कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor
पुरोहित: पाण्डवानां ब्रह्मकर्मण्यवस्थित: । विशुद्ध हृदयवाले द्विजश्रेष्ठ धौम्य आज तुम्हारे लिये होम करें और चारों वेदोंके विद्वान् ब्राह्मण तथा सदा ब्राह्मणोचित धर्मके पालनमें स्थित रहनेवाले पाण्डवोंके पुरोहित धौम्यजी भी तुम्हारा राज्याभिषेक करें
purohitaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ brahmakarmaṇy-avasthitaḥ | viśuddha-hṛdayavān dvijaśreṣṭho dhaumyaḥ adya tubhyaṃ homaṃ kuryāt, caturṇāṃ vedānāṃ vidvāṃso brāhmaṇāś ca; sadā brāhmaṇocita-dharma-pālane sthitānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ purohito dhaumyaḥ api tava rājābhiṣekaṃ kuryāt |
“让陀乌弥耶（Dhaumya）——般度族的家祭司，安住于婆罗门的神圣职分，心地澄净，为二生者中之最胜——今日为你举行火供（homa）。亦当有通晓四吠陀的博学婆罗门在座。并且让陀乌弥耶，这位般度族的祭司——他们恒常安住于合乎婆罗门之行与守持正法（dharma）——也为你举行王者灌顶（rājābhiṣeka）。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Political authority should be grounded in dharma and validated through proper Vedic rites performed by qualified, pure-minded priests; legitimacy is portrayed as ethical and ritual, not merely force-based.
Vayudeva recommends that Dhaumya, the Pandavas’ priest, along with learned Brahmins, perform a homa and then conduct the royal consecration, emphasizing a dharmic, Veda-sanctioned installation of kingship.