Sauti said : The Snake-sacrifice then began in due form. The sacrificial priests, expert in their respective duties according to the ordinance, their bodies with black garments and their eyes red from the smoke, poured ghee in the blazing fire, uttering the Mantras.
सौतिरुवाच ततः कर्म प्रववृते सर्पसत्रविधानतः। पर्यक्रामंश्च विधिवत्स्वे स्वे कर्मणि याजकाः॥ प्रावृत्य कृष्णवासांसि धूमसंरक्तलोचनाः। जुहुवुमन्त्रवच्चैव समिद्धं जातवेदसम्॥