Then offering oblations into the fire, the Rtvigs began to recite japa; and as laid down in the scriptures, Sāma-singers chanted Sämans.
तदा हुताशनं हुत्वा जेपुस्तस्य तदृत्विजः। जगुश्च ते यथाशास्त्रं तत्र सामानि सामगाः॥