And now, O king, let the foremost of twiceborn ones, offer on the sacrificial altar a red bull belonging to the Fire-God and a sacred and duly consecrated blue bull with variegated skin, belonging to the Vishvedevas.
आग्नेयं वै लोहितमालभन्तां वैश्वदेवं बहुरूपं हि राजन्। नीलं चोक्षाणं मध्यमप्यालभन्तां चलच्छिश्नं सम्प्रदिष्टं द्विजायाः॥