patnī-saṁyāja - the ritual in which the sponsor of the sacrifice offers oblations together with his wife; avabhṛthyaiḥ - and the final rituals, known as avabhṛthya; caritvā - having executed; te - they; mahāṛṣayaḥ - the great sages; sasnuḥ - bathed; rāma - of Lord Paraśurāma; hrade - in the lake; viprāḥ - brāhmaṇas; yajamāna - the sponsor of the sacrifice (Vasudeva); puraḥ-sarāḥ - placing in front.

After supervising the patnī-saṁyāja and avabhṛthya rituals, the great brāhmaṇa sages bathed in Lord Paraśurāma’s lake with the sponsor of the sacrifice, Vasudeva, who led them.