Manava Dharmashastra 3.230

3.230

home agnihotrādau śāntyādihome vā | pradāne gohiraṇyādidravyaviṣaye | abhyudayārthe | bhojye brāhmaṇā yatra dharmāya bhojyante | daive haviṣi darśapaurṇamāsādau | pitrye śrāddhe | yadabhivīkṣyate kriyamāṇaṃ karma | tadṛcchatyayathātatham | yadarthaṃ kriyate tadviparītaṃ bhāvayati | yadyapi śrāddhaprakaraṇaṃ tathāpi vākyādanyatrāpi homādāvayaṃ pratiṣedhaḥ |

At the offering into Fire, at gifts, at feeding, or at any rite in honour of the Gods or of the Pitṛs,—whatever is seen by these goes wrong.—(240)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘At the offering into Fire’—such as the Agnihotra, or the propitiatory offerings.

‘At gifts’—of such valuable things as the cow, gold and so forth—made for the purpose of attaining prosperity.

‘Feeding’—where Brāhmaṇas are fed for a religious purpose.

‘Rite in honour of the gods’—such the as offering at the Darśa-pūrṇamāsa and other sacrifices.

‘Rite in honour of the Pitṛs’—i.e., Śrāddha.

‘Goes wrong,’—that is, it brings about results contrary to what it was intended for.

Though Śrāddha forms the subject-matter of the present context, yet, through syntactical connection, the present prohibition applies to other acts also, in the shape of the offering into fire and so forth.—(240)