Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.6.23

13.6.23

hotā vā acchāvākam apratikāminam /

xiii. 8. Next the response of the Achāvāka. ‘These dear songs the sacrificer, the pourer, hath seized; the Upavaktṛ is a support, the cows are invited by us (he should say), if he does not desire to invite; ‘He also is invited’ he adds, if he desires to invite. The Achāvāka in response to the invitation should run over as many verses as he can of the hymn, ‘Do ye stay, go not away.’ Or a Hotṛ (may do so) to an unwilling Achāvāka. That is the expiation here.