If the priests are careful, they place the oblation in their honour outside the sacrificial altar; to that particular place where the sacred fire may be placed, they cannot go.
बहिर्वेद्यां तदादानं कुशलैः सम्प्रवर्तितम्। तदेते नोपसर्पन्ति यत्र चाग्निः स्थितो भवेत्॥