विश्वामित्रोऽभवत् तस्मिन् होता चाध्वर्युरात्मवान् । जमदग्निरभूद् ब्रह्मा वसिष्ठोऽयास्य: सामग: ॥ २२ ॥
visvamitro ’bhavat tasmin hota cadhvaryur atmavan jamadagnir abhud brahma vasistho ’yasyah sama-gah
- visvamitrah
- the great sage and mystic Visvamitra
- abhavat
- became
- tasmin
- in that great sacrifice
- hota
- the chief priest to offer oblations
- ca
- also
- adhvaryuh
- a person who recites hymns from the Yajur Veda and performs ritualistic ceremonies
- atmavan
- fully self-realized
- jamadagnih
- Jamadagni
- abhut
- became
- brahma
- acting as the chief brahmana
- vasisthah
- the great sage
- ayasyah
- another great sage
- sama-gah
- engaged as the reciter of the Sama Veda mantras.
In that great human sacrifice, Visvamitra was the chief priest to offer oblations, the perfectly self-realized Jamadagni had the responsibility for chanting the mantras from the Yajur Veda, Vasistha was the chief brahminical priest, and the sage Ayasya was the reciter of the hymns of the Sama Veda.