The men of ancient times never celebrated Sacrifices from desire of fruits and never considered themselves as bound to enjoy those fruits. Those who somehow or other celebrate Sacrifices, doubting their efficacy, are born in their next lives as dishonest, wily, and greedy men greatly covetous of wealth. That man who by the help of false reasoning show all the authoritative scriptures as fraught with evil, is certain to go, for such a sinful deed, into the regions of the sinful. Such a man is surely possessed of a sinful soul, O foremost of Brahmanas, and always remains here, shorn of wisdom.
न ते यज्ञेष्वात्मसु वा फलं पश्यन्ति किंचन॥ शङ्कमानाः फलं यज्ञे ये यजेरन् कथंचन। जायन्तेऽसाधवो धूर्ता लुब्धा वित्तप्रयोजनाः॥ स स्म पापकृतां लोकान् गच्छेदशुभकर्मणा। प्रमाणमप्रमाणेन यः कुर्यादशुभं नरः॥ पापात्मा सोऽकृतप्रज्ञः सदैवेह द्विजोत्तम।