Atharva Veda 15.12

Paryāya the twelfth

Now then, to whosesoever houses a thus-knowing Vrātya may come as guest when the fires are taken up and the fire-offering (agnihotrá) set on,—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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