Apastambagrihyasutra 17.3

17.3

anye tu-śraute brahmā dakṣiṇenāgniṃ darbeṣu niviṣṭo dṛṣṭa- /
tatheva bahvṛcānāṃ chandogānāṃ ca gṛhye brahmetyeva coditaḥ /
ato 'trāpi 'brāhmaṇaṃ dakṣiṇata'; iti lakṣaṇayā brahmaiva codyate /
tena sambhavanto brahmadharmā ihāpīti /
tanna, svagṛhyasthasya brāhmaṇaśabdasya śrutyartatyāgena paragṛhyāllakṣaṇāśrayaṇasyāyuktatvāt /
na ca dakṣiṇato niṣaditasya brāhmamamātrasya brahmatvaṃ sūtrakārasyeṣṭam /
yadi hi tathā syāt, 'yaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vidyāṃ vidvāṃsaṃ yaśo narcchet" (āpa.śrau.14-13-7). ityatrālpairevāśraraiḥ 'brahmaṇe varaṃ dadāti'iti brūyāt, na punastriguṇaiḥ 'yo dakṣiṇata āste tasmai varaṃ dadāti"(āpa.śrau.14-13-9.) iti /
sambhavatāṃ dharmāṇāṃ prāptau mantrāṇāmapi prāptirdurvārā /
'brāhmaṇaṃ dakṣiṇato niṣādya'; ityatrānuktānāṃ mantrādīnāṃ parisaṃkhyeyaṃ ceti vadatāṃ coktirītyā svārtaparatve sambhavati doṣatrayayuktaparisaṃkhyāśrayaṇaṃ nirhetukam //21//