Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.1

English (machine translation) 27.1

"What is above heaven, that is the tenth day," Kauṣītaki used to say.

Therefore it is [the day of] non-disputation.

For no one truly knows it.

[One thinks:] "Lest I, not knowing, dispute."

Measured is this divine rite which is the tenth day; it is just the Anuṣṭubh.

He who speaks out,

he makes an excess.

A misfortune is likely to ruin the disputer.

Concerning this they also say: "One should indeed speak out."

The sacrifice rejoices when a knowledgeable person arrives,

[thinking:] "Whatever will be unaccomplished in me, this one will accomplish it for me."

If someone through negligence should make an error,

the one who knows it,

he who would speak to him there,

he should study that portion at the side as personal study.

Or else the householder or one of the officiating priests should slip near;

he should recite that portion at the side as personal study.

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