The Brahmana's wife said I naturally believed that there are seven sacrificing priests. Let the great principle be declared to me as to how, indeed, the number is five of the sacrificing priests.
ब्राह्मण्युवाच स्वभावात् सप्तहोतार इति मे पूर्विका मतिः। यथा वै पञ्चहोतारः परो भावस्तदुच्यताम्॥