स चित्यो राजसिंहस्य संचितः कुशलैर्द्विजैः। गरुडो रुक्मपक्षो वै त्रिगुणोऽष्टादशात्मकः॥ नियुक्तास्तत्र पशवस्तत्तदुद्दिश्य दैवतम्। उरगाः पक्षिणश्चैव यथाशास्त्रं प्रचोदिताः॥ शामित्रे तु हयस्तत्र तथा जलचराश्च ये। ऋषिभिः सर्वमेवैतन्नियुक्तं शास्त्रतस्तदा॥
sa cityo rājasiṃhasya saṃcitaḥ kuśalairdvijaiḥ| garuḍo rukmapakṣo vai triguṇo'ṣṭādaśātmakaḥ|| niyuktāstatra paśavastattaduddiśya daivatam| uragāḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva yathāśāstraṃ pracoditāḥ|| śāmitre tu hayastatra tathā jalacarāśca ye| ṛṣibhiḥ sarvamevaitanniyuktaṃ śāstratastadā||
English Meaning
That fire-place of that lion among kings, set by skilful Brāhmaṇas, consisting on three sides of eighteen bricks, looked like the goldenwinged Garuda. And for the purpose of sacrificing them to the respective deities were collect beasts and reptiles, and birds, and horses, and aquatic animals. And the priests sacrificed all these in proper form.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)