Commentary for Zevachim 84:2

אמר מר רבי מאיר אומר פיגול וחייבין עליו כרת מכדי כרת לא מיחייב עד שיקרבו כל מתיריו דאמר מר כהרצאת כשר כך הרצאת פסול מה הרצאת כשר עד שיקרבו כל מתיריו אף הרצאת פסול עד שיקרבו כל מתיריו

The Master said: 'R. Meir said, It is piggul, and involves kareth'. But consider: one is not liable to kareth until all the mattirin are offered, for a master said: As the acceptance of the valid, so is the acceptance of the invalid. As the acceptance of the valid necessitates that all its mattirin be presented, so does the acceptance of the invalid necessitate that all its mattirin be presented. Now here he has [already] invalidated it [the sacrifice] by declaring an [illegitimate] intention within, so that it is as though he had not sprinkled [the blood] at all; when therefore he sprinkles again in the hekal, he is merely sprinkling water? - Said Rabbah: It is possible in the case of four bullocks and four he-goats. Raba said: You may even say [that R. Meir rules thus] in the case of one bullock and one he-goat: it [the sprinkling] is efficacious in respect of its piggul status. <br>

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