The lances will be the substitutes for Paridhas (vessels for depositing the offerings) and the maces will be those for Shakti's (the wood work for protecting the offerings), the part of assisting priests will be performed by the disciples of Drona and Kripa and Sharadvata.
इध्माः परिधयश्चैव शक्तयो विमला गदाः। सदस्या द्रोणशिष्याच कृपस्य च शरद्वतः॥