Taittiriya Samhita 7.5.10
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 7, Prapathaka 5 · Verse 7.5.10
Sanskrit Original
चर्माव॑ भिन्दन्ति पा॒प्मान॑मे॒वैषा॒मव॑ भिन्दन्ति॒ माप॑ राथ्सी॒र्माति॑ व्याथ्सी॒रित्या॑ह सं प्र॒त्ये॑वैषां᳚ पा॒प्मान॒मव॑ भिन्दन्त्युदकुं ॒भान॑धिनि॒धाय॑ दा॒स्यो॑ मार्जा॒लीयं॒ परि॑ नृत्यन्ति प॒दो नि॑घ्न॒तीरि॒दं म॑धुं॒ गाय॑न्त्यो॒ मधु॒ वै दे॒वानां᳚ पर॒मम॒न्नाद्यं॑ पर॒ममे॒वान्नाद्य॒मव॑ रुंधते प॒दो नि घ्न॑न्ति मही॒यामे॒वैषु॑ दधति
They pierce the hide; verily they remove the sin of the (sacrificers). 'Do not miss, do not pierce through', he says; verily they now remove their sin. Slave girls dance round the Marjaliya fire with water−pots on their heads, beating the ground with their feet, and singing 'This is honey.' Honey indeed is the chiefest food of the gods; verily they win the chiefest food. They beat the ground with their feet; verily they endow the (sacrificers) with might. The Horse Sacrifice (continued)