Aitareyabrahmana 7.4

7.4

As to this, they say: If someone's evening-milked sāṃnāyya should become spoiled or be stolen, what is the expiation there? Having divided the morning milk into two parts and having curdled one of the portions, he should sacrifice with that. That is the expiation there. As to this, they say: If someone's morning-milked sāṃnāyya should become spoiled or be stolen, what is the expiation there? Having set out in its place a sacrificial cake for Indra or for Mahendra, he should sacrifice with that. That is the expiation there. As to this, they say: If someone's entire sāṃnāyya should become spoiled or be stolen, what is the expiation there? A [cake] for Indra or for Mahendra—it is the same. That is the expiation there. As to this, they say: If all someone's sacrificial offerings should become spoiled or be stolen, what is the expiation there? Having assigned these from melted butter according to each deity, he should sacrifice with that offering of melted butter as the sacrificial offering, and thereafter perform another faultless rite. Sacrifice is the expiation of sacrifice.