मुख्यैर्यज्ञैर्यजन्त्येते तैस्तैर्यत्ते द्विजातयः। जुह्वत्यग्नींश्च विधिवद्वेदांश्चोच्चैरधीयते। अभिभूय च रक्षांसि ब्रह्मघोषानुदीरयन्॥ दिशो विप्रदूताः सर्वे स्तनयित्नुरिवोष्णगे।
mukhyairyajñairyajantyete taistairyatte dvijātayaḥ| juhvatyagnīṃśca vidhivadvedāṃścoccairadhīyate| abhibhūya ca rakṣāṃsi brahmaghoṣānudīrayan|| diśo vipradūtāḥ sarve stanayitnurivoṣṇage|
English Meaning
The twice-born ones engage in contemplation with intent minds, offer oblations into the fire according to the ordinance, and loudly recite the Vedas. They overpower the Rākşasa, uttering the Vedas; and thereat they fly in all directions like clouds scattered in summer.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)