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Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
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| 201.
To eat during a month at each sixth mealtime (only), to recite the
Samhita (of a Veda), and (to perform) daily the Sakala oblations,
are the means of purifying those excluded from society at repasts (Apanktya).
202.
A Brahmana who voluntarily rode in a carriage drawn by camels or by
asses, and he who bathed naked, become pure by suppressing his
breath (Pranayama). 203.
He who has relieved the necessities of nature, being greatly
pressed, either without (using) water or in water, becomes pure by
bathing outside (the village) in his clothes and by touching a cow. 204.
Fasting is the penance for omitting the daily rites prescribed by
the Veda and for neglecting the special duties of a Snataka. 205.
He who has said 'Hum' to a Brahmana, or has addressed one of his
betters with 'Thou,' shall bathe, fast during the remaining part of
the day, and appease (the person of-fended) by a reverential
salutation. 206.
He who has struck (a Brahmana) even with a blade of grass, tied him
by the neck with a cloth, or conquered him in an altercation, shall
appease him by a prostration. 207.
But he who, intending to hurt a Brahmana, has threatened (him with a
stick and the like) shall remain in hell during a hundred years; he
who (actually) struck him, during one thousand years. 208.
As many particles of dust as the blood of a Brahmana causes to
coagulate, for so many thousand years shall the shedder of that
(blood) remain in hell. 209.
For threatening a Brahmana, (the offender) shall perform a Krikkhra,
for striking him an Atikrikkhra, for shedding his blood a Krikkhra
and an Atikrikkhra. 210.
For the expiation of offences for which no atonement has been
prescribed, let him fix a penance after considering (the offender's)
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