Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.7.3.7

3.7.3.7

tadāhuḥ | nopākuryānnāgnim manthedraśanāmevādāyāñjasopaparetyābhidhāya niyuñjyāditi tadu tathā na kuryādyathādharmaṃ tiraścathā cikīrṣedevaṃ tattasmādetadevānuparīyāt

As to this they say, 'Let him not drive up (the victim), nor churn the fire; but having taken the rope and straightway gone thither and put (the rope) round it, let him bind it.' Let him, however, not do this; for it would be as if he intended to commit secretly some lawless action. Let him therefore go round there.