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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
| Canto 4, Ch. 19
brāhmaṇas  who can chant the  mantras  properly. Consequently no attempt should be made to perform such big sacrifices. In this age the only sacrifice recommended is the  saṅkīrtana  movement.
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इत्यामन्य क्रतुपतिं विदुरासत्त्विजो रुषा । सुग्धस्ताञ्जुह्वतोऽम्येत्य स्वयम्भूः प्रत्यषेधत ॥२९॥
ity āmantrya kratu-patim vidurāsyartvijo ruṣā srug-ghastān juhvato 'bhyetya svayambhūḥ pratyaṣedhata
iti —thus;  āmantrya —after informing;  kratu-patim —King Pṛthu, the master of the sacrifice;  vidura —O Vidura;  asya —of Pṛthu;  ṛtvijaḥ —the priests;  ruṣā —in great anger;  sruk-hastān —with the sacrificial ladel in hand;  juhvataḥ —performing the fire sacrifice;  abhyetya —having begun;  svayambhūḥ —Lord Brahmā;  pratyaṣedhata —asked them to stop.
TRANSLATION
My dear Vidura, after giving the King this advice, the priests who had been engaged in performing the sacrifice called for Indra, the King of heaven, in a mood of great anger. When they were just ready to put the oblation on the fire, Lord Brahmā appeared on the scene and forbade them to start the sacrifice.
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न वध्यो मवतामिन्द्रो यद्यज्ञो भगवत्तनुः । यं जिघांसथ यज्ञेन यस्येष्टास्तनवः सुराः ॥२०॥
na vadhyo bhavatām indro yad yajño bhagavat-tanuḥ yam jighāmsatha yajñena yasyeṣṭās tanavaḥ surāḥ
na —not;  vadhyaḥ —ought to be killed;  bhavatām —by all of you;  indraḥ —the King of heaven;  yat —because;  yajñaḥ —a name of Indra;  bhagavat-tanuḥ —part of the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  yam —whom;