The Cycle of Tugas i - Verse 93-97

When the Rtviks were busily engaged in sacrificial rites, when the Vedic mantras were recited, when the leading Adhvaryus moved about hurriedly and quickly, when the holy sacrificial beasts were being killed, when the offerings of ghee were poured into the fire by the divine Hotrs3 when the noble Devas were invoked and when they partook of their shares in the sacrifice, the sages began to worship Devas in the form of sense-organs (i.e. their presiding deities) who existed in the beginning of the Kalpas. The Adhvaryus who were great sages got ready at the time of praisa to slay the animals. On seeing the animals in their pitiable condition, the great sages collectively asked Indra1—“What is this sacrificial rite of yours ?