'Cut, Pierce,' and such other sounds, that are heard in the front ranks of the army, are the Samans sung by its Vedic chanters in the abode of Yama.
छिन्धि भिन्धीति यः शब्दः श्रुयते वाहिनीमुखे॥ सामानि सामगास्तस्य गायन्ति यमसादने।