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xv. 12- not belonging to the verse. Bp.O.Kp. write údhṛteṣu (the compound being inseparable by Prāt. iv. 62). Bp. further has ádhi॰çṛte.

2. Himself coming up toward him, he should say: Vrātya, give permission; I am about to make oblation.

3. If he should permit, he may make oblation; if he should not permit, he may not make oblation.

4. He who, being permitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation,—

5. He foreknows the road that the Fathers go, the road that the gods go.

6. He does not offend against the gods; his oblation is [duly] made.

7. There is left over in this world a support (āyátana) for him who, being permitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation.

8. Now then, he who, being unpermitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation,—

9. He knows not the road that the Fathers go, nor the road that the gods go.

10. He offends against the gods; his oblation is not [duly] made.

11. There is left in this world no support for him who, being unpermitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation.