With the consent of his court, the king fastened Sunaħsepa with a Kuśa cord, and investing him with a crimson apparel tethered him to the stake as the (sacrificial) beast.
सदस्यानुमते राजा पवित्रकृतलक्षणम्। पशुं रक्ताम्बरं कृत्वा यूपे तं समबन्धयत्॥