SB 10.23.8
Devanāgarī
दीक्षाया: पशुसंस्थाया: सौत्रामण्याश्च सत्तमा: । अन्यत्र दीक्षितस्यापि नान्नमश्नन् हि दुष्यति ॥ ८ ॥
Text
dīkṣāyāḥ paśu-saṁsthāyāḥ sautrāmaṇyāś ca sattamāḥ anyatra dīkṣitasyāpi nānnam aśnan hi duṣyati
Synonyms
dīkṣāyāḥ—beginning with the initiation for a sacrifice;paśu-saṁsthāyāḥ—until sacrificing the animal;sautrāmaṇyāḥ—outside of the sacrifice known as Sautrāmaṇi;ca—and;sat-tamāḥ—O purest ones;anyatra—elsewhere;dīkṣitasya—of one who has been initiated for the sacrifice;api—even;na—not;annam—food;aśnan—eating;hi—indeed;duṣyati—creates offense.
Translation
Except during the interval between the initiation of the performer of a sacrifice and the actual sacrifice of the animal, O most pure brāhmaṇas, it is not contaminating for even the initiated to partake of food, at least in sacrifices other than the Sautrāmaṇi.