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Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
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A Brahmana who has fallen off from his duty (becomes) an Ulkamukha
Preta, who feeds on what has been vomited; and a Kshatriya, a
Kataputana (Preta), who eats impure substances and corpses. 72.
A Vaisya who has fallen off from his duty becomes a Maitrakshagyotika
Preta, who feeds on pus; and a Sudra, a Kailasaka (Preta, who feeds
on moths). 73.
In proportion as sensual men indulge in sensual pleasures, in that
same proportion their taste for them grows. 74.
By repeating their sinful acts those men of small under-standing
sfier pain here (below) in various births; 75. (The torture of) being tossed about in dreadful hells, Tamisra and the rest, (that of) the Forest with sword-leaved trees and the like, and (that of) being bound and mangled;
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