Vaishampayana said When the hour for initiation came, all those great Ritvijas duly initiated the king for the Horse-Sacrifice.
वैशम्प चाच दीक्षाकाले तु सम्प्राप्त सुमहर्विजः। विधिवद् दीक्षयामासुरश्वमेधाय पार्थिवम्॥