anyatarām eva vartanīṃ saṃskaroti |
hīyate ’nyatarā |
sa yathaikapād vrajan ratho vaikena cakreṇa vartamāno riṣyaty evam asya yajño riṣyati |
yajñaṃ riṣyantaṃ yajamāno ’nu riṣyati |
sa iṣṭvā pāpīyān bhavati ||
3. He performs perfectly the one way only (that by words), but the other is injured. As a man walking on one foot, or a carriage going on one wheel, is injured, his sacrifice is injured, and with the injured sacrifice the sacrificer is injured ; yes, having sacrificed, he becomes worse.
tayorvartanyoranyatarāṃ vartanīṃ manasā vivekajñānavatā saṃskaroti brahmartvigvācā vartanyā hotādhvaryurudgātetyete trayo ’pyṛtvijo ’nyatarāṃ vāglakṣaṇāṃ vartanīṃ vācaiva saṃskurvanti | tatraivaṃ sati vāṅmanase vartanī saṃskārye yajñe | atha sa brahmā yatra yasminkāla upākṛte prārabdhe prātaranuvāke śasre purā pūrvaṃ paridhānīyāyā ṛco brahmaitasminnantare kāle vyavavadati maunaṃ parityajati yadi tadānyatarāmeva vā#agvartanīṃ saṃskaroti brahmaṇāsaṃskriyamāṇā manovartanī hīyate vinaśyati cchidrībhavatyanyatarā | sa yajño vāgvartanyaivānyatarayā vartitumaśaknuvanriṣyati | kathamivetyāha | sa yathaikapātpuruṣo brajangacchannadhvānaṃ riṣyati, ratho vaikena cakreṇa vartamāno gacchanriṣyatyevamasya yajamānasya kubrahmaṇā yajño riṣyati vinaśyati | yajñaṃ riṣyantaṃ yajamāno ’riṣyati | yajñaprāṇo hi yajamānaḥ | ato yukto yajñareṣe reṣastasya | sa taṃ yajñamiṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ pāpīyānpāpataro bhavati || 2-3 ||