There, having placed the body of Drona on the funeral pyre and having put fire with due rites, those reciters of Samans are singing the three verses.
अग्नीनाधाय विधिवञ्चितां प्रज्वाल्य सर्वतः। द्रोणमाधाय गायन्ति त्रीणि सामानि सामगाः॥