He applied the bird’s blood in the proper way, below the red line of the Mizbeach (altar), as he was supposed to, and he did. He sprinkled the blood and also squeezed it. He did both of those things, which are needed for the korban (offering), and he had the kavanah (intention) for the sake of the korban. In that case, what we’re saying here is that the entire blood application was done properly. The Kohen (priest), of course, did the melikah (ritual nape-cutting) properly, and he also applied the blood properly. He squeezed it and sprinkled the blood properly, and he did it with the right kavanah.
In all those cases, the blood application was done correctly. He sprinkled the blood and squeezed it out, but he had an improper intention. He intended for it to be an olah (burnt offering), or he had the proper intention of bringing it for the sake of a korban chatat (sin offering), but he did not do both the sprinkling of the blood and the mitzvah (commandment). He only squeezed out the blood and did not sprinkle it, so he did it like a korban olah, which is improper, even though he had the intention for a korban chatat. And if he did the avodah (Temple service) in the manner of an olah—that is, he only squeezed out the blood but did not sprinkle it—and his intention was to be like an olah, in all of these cases the korban is pesulah. It’s invalid.
In the first case, he brought the korban with an improper intention. It was supposed to be chatat, but he brought it l'shem (for the sake of) olah, so that’s enough to disqualify it. In the second case, it’s invalid because he didn’t do the avodah of sprinkling, which is needed to sprinkle the blood in order for the bird’s korban chatat to be acceptable. And in the third case, it’s invalid because both things were true: he had an improper intention, and he also did not sprinkle it as he was supposed to.
If he applied the blood—the sprinkling or the squeezing of the blood of the korban, the bird chatat—above the red line, even though he was supposed to do it below the red line, then even if he did it properly in every other aspect, he had to do it like that, with the proper kavanot. He sprinkled the blood and squeezed it, and did everything else; the proper intentions were there. We say pesulah. The korban is invalid. The blood of the bird chatat needs to be applied below the red line. If the blood is applied above the red line, then the entire avodah of the dam (blood) has been done incorrectly. Therefore, even if everything else is done as required, the korban is considered disqualified. It’s invalid.