In the ceremony my car will be the substitute for the platform; my scimitar, the ladle; my mace, the large ladle; and my coat of mail, the witnesses; my horses will answer the purpose of the four priests; my rafts will stand for the Kusha grass; and my fame, for the clarified butter.
रथो वेदी स्रुवः खङ्गो गदा सुकू कवचं सदः। चातुर्होत्रं च धुर्या मे शरा दर्भा हविर्यशः॥