Shloka 22
Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation
नरकं निपतन्त्येते जुह्नाना: स च यस्य तत् | तस्माद् वैतानकुशलो होता स्याद् वेदपारग:
narakaṁ nipatanty ete juhvānāḥ sa ca yasya tat | tasmād vaitāna-kuśalo hotā syād veda-pāragaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「正しい資格なく供物を投じる者どもは地獄に堕ちる——そしてその祭が誰かのために行われるなら、その当人もまた堕ちる。ゆえに、ヴェーダの祭式に熟達し、ヴェーダを究めた祭官のみがホートリ（hotṛ）として仕えるべきである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual acts are ethically weighty and must be performed by qualified, Veda-trained specialists; otherwise the karmic fault harms both the officiant and the patron of the sacrifice.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he warns about the dangers of unqualified performance of Vedic rites and insists that only a competent Hotṛ, trained in Śrauta procedure and grounded in the Vedas, should officiate.