Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/dharmasthiyam/14/36

असमाप्ते तु कर्मणि याज्यं याजकं वा त्यजतः पूर्वः साहस दण्डः ॥

sanskrit

If a sacrificer sending out a priest happens to be a person who has not kept the sacrificial fire, or to be a preceptor or one who has already performed sacrifices, then the fines shall be 100, 1000, and 1000 panas respectively.

english translation

asamApte tu karmaNi yAjyaM yAjakaM vA tyajataH pUrvaH sAhasa daNDaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/dharmasthiyam/14/36

असमाप्ते तु कर्मणि याज्यं याजकं वा त्यजतः पूर्वः साहस दण्डः ॥

sanskrit

If a sacrificer sending out a priest happens to be a person who has not kept the sacrificial fire, or to be a preceptor or one who has already performed sacrifices, then the fines shall be 100, 1000, and 1000 panas respectively.

english translation

asamApte tu karmaNi yAjyaM yAjakaM vA tyajataH pUrvaH sAhasa daNDaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript