Verse 30

²⁵Anga the royal sage set going a horse sacrifice, a great rite; and the gods did not come to it, though the speakers of Brahman called them. ²⁶The priests there were astonished, and said to the man the sacrifice was being made for: The gods do not take the offerings that are poured for them. ²⁷King, your offerings are not spoiled, and they were got with trust. The metres are not gone stale, and men who keep their vows have put them to work. ²⁸We know of no slight to the gods here, not the least, that they should refuse their own shares, they who are the witnesses of what is done. ²⁹Hearing what the twice-born said, Anga, for whom the sacrifice was being made, was heavy-hearted; and with their leave he spoke, to ask the men of the assembly.

³⁰The gods do not come when they are called, and they take no draughts here. Lords of the assembly, tell me: what blameworthy thing have I done?