O foremost of Brahmanas, it was for this that I uttered those words, viz., that this sacrifice can by no means compare with (the gift of) that prastha of powdered barley.
ततो मयोक्तं तद् वाक्यं प्रहस्य ब्राह्मणर्षभाः॥ सक्तुप्रस्थेन यज्ञोऽयं सम्मितो नेति सर्वथा।