Maricismriti 1.14: Kṛtyakalpataru · Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) · Mahānibandha +2

1.14

prāgagrāḥ samidho deyās tāś ca kāmyeṣv apāṭitāḥ | kāmyeṣu ca saśākārdrā viparītā jighāṃsataḥ || viśīrṇā vidalā hrasvā vakrāḥ sasuṣirāḥ kṛśāḥ | dīrghāḥ sthūlā ghuṇair juṣṭāḥ karmasiddhivināśakāḥ

Sacrificial sticks should be offered with their tips pointing east, and unsplit in rites for desired ends; / and in rites for desired ends they should be with branches and fresh; opposite for one who wishes to slay. // Those that are decayed, split, short, crooked, hollow, thin, / long, thick, or infested with wood-worms destroy the success of the rite.

Fuel-sticks are to be offered with their tips to the east, unsplit in optional rites, and in optional rites green with leaves; the reverse for one who seeks to harm. Sticks rotten, split, short, crooked, hollow, thin, too long, too thick or worm-eaten destroy the success of the rite.