Gopalacampu 1.29.25

1.29.25

[42] kāścit tu navya-bhavya-gavyādikaṃ tad-artham evānayanti tathāpi nātmanā tasminn arpayanti | tata eva kṛtrima-dāna-catvara-deśam apadeśam avarudhya vartma vinirudhya pṛcchantaṃ taṃ prati kraya-vikrayika-rītyānyathā khyāpayanti | divyād api divyam etad vijñāya yajña-patnīr anu kṛta-yatnāsu krayikatām āśrayamāṇāsu yajña-bhuk-pati-vratāsu satyākṛti-kṛtinīvāka-parīpākam ākalayya kṛtsnaṃ vasnaṃ ca saṃkalayya vikretavyam iti |

[42] Some, however, bring fresh, auspicious milk-products and other things strictly for his sake, yet they do not offer them to him themselves. Therefore, blocking the pretext of an artificial toll-booth and obstructing the path, they reply deceitfully to him when he asks, in the manner of buyers and sellers: knowing this [cowherd butter] to be more celestial than the celestial, when the devoted wives of the sacrificers—acting in imitation of the wives of the yajña-performers—seek to become purchasers, they declare that everything must be sold only after evaluating the maturity of their speech as honest women and calculating the entire price.