Mahabharata 12.80.8

12.80.8

nedaṃ prati dhanaṃ śāstramāpaddharmamaśāstrataḥ |
ājñā śāstrasya ghoreyaṃ na śaktiṃ samavekṣate || 8 ||

"Yudhishthira said, 'There are Vedic texts about the gift of Dakshina in sacrifices. There is no ordinance, however, which lays down that so much should be given. This ordinance (about the gift of Dakshina) has not proceeded from motives connected with the distribution of wealth. The command of the ordinance, in consequence of the provision in cases of incapacity, is terrible. That command is blind to the competence of the sacrificer. The audition occurs in the Vedas that a person should, with devotion, perform a sacrifice. But what can devotion do when the sacrificer is stained by falsehood?