The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 2.8.73

2.8.73

atrocyate | satyam | ayaṃ viṣamo vibhāgaḥ śāstradṛṣṭas tathāpi lokavidviṣṭatvān nānuṣṭheyaḥ, asvargyaṃ lokavidviṣṭaṃ dharmyam apy ācarenna tu (YDh 1.156) iti niṣedhāt | yathā mahokṣaṃ vā mahājaṃ vā śrotriyāyopakalpayet (YDh 1.109) iti vidhāne 'pi lokavidviṣṭatvād ananuṣṭhānam | yathā vā maitrāvaruṇīṃ gāṃ vaśām anubandhyām ālabheta iti gavālambhanavidhāne 'pi lokavidviṣṭatvād ananuṣṭhānam | uktaṃ ca yathā:

To this it is answered: It is true. This unequal division is taught in the scriptures; nevertheless, because it is odious to the world, it must not be practiced, because of the prohibition: 'One should not practice that which does not lead to heaven and is odious to the world, even though it be lawful' (YDh 1.156). Just as, despite the injunction, 'One should prepare a large ox or a large goat for a Vedic scholar' (YDh 1.109), it is not practiced because it is odious to the world; or just as, despite the injunction to sacrifice a cow—'One should sacrifice a barren cow dedicated to Mitra and Varuṇa'—it is not practiced because it is odious to the world. And it has been said, for example: