Those Yajaka Brahmanas accomplished in conducting Saptatantu sacrifices, who used to wait upon the son of Somadatta versed in the Vedas, the sound made by those Brahmanas could no longer be heard.
नूत्यतां श्रूयते तात गणानां सोऽद्य न स्वनः। सप्त तन्तून् वितन्वाना याजका यमुपासते॥