दीक्षाया: पशुसंस्थाया: सौत्रामण्याश्च सत्तमा: । अन्यत्र दीक्षितस्यापि नान्नमश्नन् हि दुष्यति ॥ ८ ॥
dīkṣāyāḥ paśu-saṁsthāyāḥ sautrāmaṇyāś ca sattamāḥ anyatra dīkṣitasyāpi nānnam aśnan hi duṣyati
- dīkṣāyāḥ
- beginning with the initiation for a sacrifice
- paśu-saṁsthāyāḥ
- until sacrificing the animal
- sautrāmaṇyāḥ
- outside of the sacrifice known as Sautrāmaṇi
- ca
- and
- sat-tamāḥ
- O purest ones
- anyatra
- elsewhere
- dīkṣitasya
- of one who has been initiated for the sacrifice
- api
- even
- na
- not
- annam
- food
- aśnan
- eating
- hi
- indeed
- duṣyati
- creates offense
Except during the interval between the initiation of the performer of a sacrifice and the actual sacrifice of the animal, O most pure brāhmaṇas, it is not contaminating for even the initiated to partake of food, at least in sacrifices other than the Sautrāmaṇi.