A Sacrificial Session of Twelve Tears - Verse 6

In that Sattra, Tapa was the householder (performing the sacrifice) ; god Brahma assumed the office of the priest designated as ‘Brahma.’ Ila had the status of the consort (of the performer of sacrifice) . The intelligent Mrtyu (god of death) of great splendour performed the Samitra rite (of killing the sacrificial animal) in that sacrifice of those noble souls.