Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.1.12

7.2.1.12

nopaspṛśati | pāpmā vai nirṛtirnetpāpmanā saṃspṛśā iti na sādayati pratiṣṭhā vai sādanaṃ netpāpmānam pratiṣṭhāpayānīti na sūdadohasādhivadati prāṇo vai sūdadohā netpāpmānam prāṇena saṃtanavāni saṃdadhānīti

He does not touch (the bricks),--Nirriti being evil,--lest he put himself in contact with evil. He does not 'settle' them,--settlement being a firm footing--lest he give a firm footing to evil. He does not pronounce the Sûdadohas verse upon them,--the Sûdadohas being the vital air,--lest he should join Nirriti (corruption) together, and restore her.