Verse 13

¹³Then Hari, Narayana, spoke to Usanas, king, who was seated near him among the priests in the assembly of those who speak of Brahman. ¹⁴Brahmin, mend the gap in the rite of your pupil as he carries it through. Whatever unevenness there is in rites becomes even when a brahmin has looked at it. ¹⁵Where is there unevenness in a rite whose lord of works you yourself are, lord of the sacrifice, the Person of the sacrifice, worshipped with the whole of one's being? ¹⁶A gap that comes from the words, from the procedure, from the place, from the time, from the worthiness of the man or from the things used: the praising of you again and again makes all of it whole.

¹⁷Even so, since you say it, boundless one, I shall do as you instruct. This is the highest good for men, the keeping of your command. ¹⁸Having welcomed the command of Hari with these words, the revered Usanas, together with the brahmin sages, mended the gap in Bali's sacrifice.