Atharvavedabrahmana 11.5

11.5

makha ityetad yajñanāmadheyaṃ, chidrapratiṣedhasāmarthyāt chidraṃ khamityuktaṃ, tasya meti pratiṣedhaḥ, mā yajñaṃ chidraṃ kariṣyatīti | chidro hi
yajño bhinna ivodadhirvistravati | tadvai khalu chidraṃ bhavati, ṛtvigyajamānavimānādvāpi vaiṣāṃ vyapekṣayā mantrakalpabrāhmaṇāmaprayogād
yathoktānāṃ vā dakṣiṇāmapradānāḍīnāhātiriktāddotyātād
bhūteṣu prāyaścittavyatikramāditi | ityetadvai sarvaṃ brahmaṇyārpitaṃ
brahmaiva vidvān yad bhṛgvaṅgirovitsamyagadhīyānaścaritabrahmacaryyo'nyūnātiriktāṅgaḥ(1) apramatto yajñaṃ rakṣati, tasya pramādāyadi
vāpyasānnaiṣyādyathā bhinnā nauragādhe mahatyudake samplavet, matsyakacchapaśiśumāranakramakarapuṇḍarīkajakhara (2) jasapiśācānāṃ bhāga
dheyaṃ bhavati, evamādīnāṃ cānyeṣāṃ vinaṣṭopajovinām | evaṃ
khalvapi yajñaśchinnabhinno'padhvasta utpātādbhūto bahulo'tharvābhira
saskṛto'suragandharvvayakṣarākṣasapiśācānāṃ bhāgadheyaṃ bhavati, eva
mādīnāṃ cānyeṣāṃ vinaṣṭopajovināṃ | tadapi ślokāḥ,
chinnabhinnopadhvasto visruto bahudhā makhaḥ
iṣṭāpūrttadraviṇaṃ gṛhyayajamānasyāvāpatat
ṛtvijāṃ ca vināśāya rājño janapadasya ca
saṃvatsaraviriṣṭaṃ tad yatra yajño viriṣyate
dakṣiṇāpravaṇībhūto yajño dakṣiṇataḥ smṛtaḥ
hīnāṅgo rakṣasābhāgo brahmavedādasaṃskṛtaḥ
catuṣpāt sakalo yajñaścātuhrautravinirmitaḥ
caturvidhaiḥ sthito mantrairṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ
prāyaścittairanudhyānairanujñānānumantraṇaiḥ
homaiśca yajñavibhraṃśaṃ sarvaṃ brahmā prapūrayet || iti
tasmād yajamāno bhṛgvaṅgirovidameva tatra brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇoyāt
sa hi yajñantārayatīti brāhmaṇam