Therefore when they say, 'There will be a birth,' and 'there has been a birth' (words used at the Soma-sacrifice, and really meaning, 'He will pour out the Soma-juice,' and 'he has poured out the Soma-juice'), that is his new birth. His death is the Avabhritha ceremony (when the sacrificial vessels are carried away to be cleansed).

In plain words: The ritual words "there will be a birth" and "there has been a birth" stand for a person's birth. His death is like the ritual's last step, when the vessels are taken away to be washed. A whole life is one big sacred ceremony.