preṣito 'dhvaryuṇā hotā
vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ
gṛhīte haviṣi vācā
vaṣaṭ-kāraṁ gṛṇan dvijaḥ
preṣitaḥ - being told to execute the sacrifice; adhvaryuṇā - by the ṛtvik priest; hotā - the priest in charge of offering oblations; vyacarat - executed; tat - that (sacrifice); samāhitaḥ - with great attention; gṛhīte haviṣi - upon taking the clarified butter for the first oblation; vācā - by chanting the mantra; vaṣaṭ-kāram - the mantra beginning with the word vaṣaṭ; gṛṇan - reciting; dvijaḥ - the brāhmaṇa.