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Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
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| 91.
A twice-born man who has (intentionally) drunk, through delusion of
mind, (the spirituous liquor called) Sura shall drink that liquor
boiling hot; when his body has been completely scalded by that, he
is freed from his guilt; 92.
Or he may drink cow's urine, water, milk, clarfied butter or
(liquid) cow dung boiling hot, until he dies; 93.
Or, in order to remove (the guilt of) drinking Sura, he may eat
during a year once (a day) at night grains (of rice) or oil-cake,
wearing clothes made of cow hair and his own hair in braids and
carrying (a wine cup as) a flag. 94.
Sura, indeed, is the dirty refuse (mala) of grain, sin also is
called dirt (mala); hence a Brahmana, a Kshatriya, and a Vaisya
shall not drink Sura. 95.
Sura one must know to be of three kinds, that distilled from
molasses (gaudi), that distilled from ground rice, and that
distilled from Madhuka-flowers (madhvi); as the one (named above)
even so are all (three sorts) forbidden to the chief of the
twice-born. 96.
Sura, (all other) intoxicating drinks and decoctions and flesh are
the food of the Yakshas, Rakshasas, and Pisakas; a Brahmana who eats
(the remnants of) the offerings consecrated to the gods, must not
partake of such (substances). 97.
A Brahmana, stupefied by drunkenness, might fall on something
impure, or (improperly) pronounce Vedic (texts), or commit some
other act which ought not to be committed. 98.
When the Brahman (the Veda) which dwells in his body is (even) once
(only) deluged with spirituous liquor, his Brahman-hood forsakes him
and he becomes a Sudra. 99.
The various expiations for drinking (the spirituous liquors called)
Sura have thus been explained; I will next proclaim the atonement
for stealing the gold (of a Brahmana). 100.
A Brahmana who has stolen the gold (of a Brahmana) shall go to the
king and, confessing his deed, say, 'Lord, punish me!' |
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