Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 57.297.p1

57.297.p1

abhaye ha khalu vā eṣa dīkṣate'bhaye yajate'bhaya uttiṣṭhati ya evaṃ vidvānetābhi
ṛgbhi stute
tāmetāṃ parokṣamanuṣṭubhaṃ kurvanti
yatpratyakṣamanuṣṭubhaṃ kuryuḥ parāṃ parāvataṃ yajamānā gaccheyur | na pratitiṣṭheyuḥ
tadyatparokṣamanuṣṭubhaṃ kurvanti pratiṣṭhityai

In safety, indeed, he is consecrated, in safety he sacrifices, in safety he concludes the rite—he who, knowing thus, praises with these verses. They make this anuṣṭubh cryptically. If they were to make it visibly an anuṣṭubh, the sacrificers would go to the farthest distance and would not find firm support. That they make it cryptically an anuṣṭubh is for firm support.