Agni Purana — Chapter 169

AgP 169.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे महापातकादिकथनं नामाष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ मार्जारस्यैव मारणमिति ङ॥ :प् १७० छप्तेर् {१६९} :श् अथैकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः प्रायश्चित्तानि पुष्कर उवाच एतत्प्रभृतिपापानां प्रायश्चित्तं वदामि ते ब्रह्महा द्वादशाब्दानि कुटीङ्कृत्वा वने वसेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe mahāpātakādikathanaṃ nāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 mārjārasyaiva māraṇamiti ṅa.. :p 170 chapter {169} :ś athaikonasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ prāyaścittāni puṣkara uvāca etatprabhṛtipāpānāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vadāmi te brahmahā dvādaśābdāni kuṭīṅkṛtvā vane vaset

[Colophon:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred and sixty-eighth chapter, called the account of the great sins. [note: 1 'mārjārasyaiva māraṇam' in ms. ṅa. p. 170] Chapter 169. Now the one hundred and sixty-ninth chapter: Expiations. Puṣkara said: I shall declare to you the expiation for the sins beginning with these. The slayer of a brahmin should dwell in the forest for twelve years, having made himself a hut,

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AgP 169.2

भिक्षेतात्मविशुद्ध्यर्थं कृत्वा शवशिरोध्वजं प्रास्येदात्मानमग्नौ वा समिद्धे त्रिरवाक्शिराः

bhikṣetātmaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvā śavaśirodhvajaṃ prāsyedātmānamagnau vā samiddhe triravākśirāḥ

and should beg for the sake of purifying himself, making a corpse's skull his banner; or he should hurl himself head-downward three times into a blazing fire;

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AgP 169.3

यजेत वाश्वमेधेन स्वर्जिता गोसवेन वा जपन्वान्यतमं वेदं योजनानां शतं ब्रजेत्

yajeta vāśvamedhena svarjitā gosavena vā japanvānyatamaṃ vedaṃ yojanānāṃ śataṃ brajet

or he should sacrifice with the horse-sacrifice, with the svarjit, or with the gosava; or, reciting one of the Vedas, he should walk a hundred yojanas;

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AgP 169.4

सर्वस्वं वा वेदविदे ब्राह्मणायोपपादयेत् व्रतैर् एतैर् व्यपोहन्ति महापातकिनो मलं

sarvasvaṃ vā vedavide brāhmaṇāyopapādayet vratair etair vyapohanti mahāpātakino malaṃ

or he should make over all his property to a brahmin who knows the Veda. By these observances those guilty of great sins remove their defilement.

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AgP 169.5

उपपातकसंयुक्तो गोघ्नो मासं यवान् पिवेत् कृतवापो वसेद्गोष्ठे चर्मणा तेन संवृतः

upapātakasaṃyukto goghno māsaṃ yavān pivet kṛtavāpo vasedgoṣṭhe carmaṇā tena saṃvṛtaḥ

One involved in a secondary sin, the killer of a cow, should drink barley (water) for a month; with his head shaved he should live in the cow-pen, wrapped in that (cow's) hide.

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AgP 169.6

चतुर्थकालमश्रीयादक्षारलवणं मितं गोमूत्रेण चरेत् स्नानं द्वौ मासौ नियतेन्द्रियः

caturthakālamaśrīyādakṣāralavaṇaṃ mitaṃ gomūtreṇa caret snānaṃ dvau māsau niyatendriyaḥ

He should eat at every fourth mealtime, a measured amount free of alkali and salt; for two months he should bathe with cow's urine, his senses restrained.

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AgP 169.7

दिवानुगच्छेद्गाश् चैव तिष्ठन्नूर्ध्वं रजः पिवेत् वृषभैकादशा गास्तु दद्याद्विचारितव्रतः(१)

divānugacchedgāś caiva tiṣṭhannūrdhvaṃ rajaḥ pivet vṛṣabhaikādaśā gāstu dadyādvicāritavrataḥ(1)

By day he should follow the cows, and standing he should drink the dust (raised) above (them); and when the vow has been carried through he should give eleven cows together with a bull.

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AgP 169.8

अविद्यमाने सर्वस्वं वेदविद्भ्यो निवेदयेत् पादमेकञ्चरेद्रोधे द्वौ पादौ बन्धने चरेत्

avidyamāne sarvasvaṃ vedavidbhyo nivedayet pādamekañcaredrodhe dvau pādau bandhane caret

If (these) are not to be had, he should make over all his property to knowers of the Veda. For confining (a cow) he should perform one quarter (of the penance); for binding (it) he should perform two quarters.

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AgP 169.9

:न् १ दद्यात् सुचरितव्रत इति ङ॥ :प् १७१ योजने पादहीनं स्याच्चरेत् सर्वं निपातने कान्तारेष्वथ दुर्गेषु विषमेषु भयेषु च

:n 1 dadyāt sucaritavrata iti ṅa.. :p 171 yojane pādahīnaṃ syāccaret sarvaṃ nipātane kāntāreṣvatha durgeṣu viṣameṣu bhayeṣu ca

For yoking (it) it should be less by a quarter; for felling (it) he should perform the whole. And in wildernesses, in impassable places, on rough ground, and in dangers —

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AgP 169.10

यदि तत्र विपत्तिः स्यादेकपादो विधीयते घण्टाभरणदोषेण तथैवर्धं विनिर्दिशत्

yadi tatra vipattiḥ syādekapādo vidhīyate ghaṇṭābharaṇadoṣeṇa tathaivardhaṃ vinirdiśat

— if a fatal mishap occurs there, a single quarter is prescribed; likewise for a fault (arising) from bell or ornament he should assign half.

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AgP 169.11

दमने दमने रोधे शकटस्य नियोजने स्तम्भशृङ्खलपाशेषु मृते पादोनमाचरेत्

damane damane rodhe śakaṭasya niyojane stambhaśṛṅkhalapāśeṣu mṛte pādonamācaret

In taming, in confining, in yoking to a cart, in (tethering with) post, chain, or rope — if (the cow) dies he should perform (the penance) less a quarter.

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AgP 169.12

शृङ्गभङ्गे ऽस्थिभङ्गे च लाङ्गूलच्छेदने तथा यावकन्तु पिवेत्तावद्यावत् सुस्था तु गौर्भवेत्

śṛṅgabhaṅge 'sthibhaṅge ca lāṅgūlacchedane tathā yāvakantu pivettāvadyāvat susthā tu gaurbhavet

In the breaking of a horn, in the breaking of a bone, and likewise in the cutting of the tail, he should drink barley-gruel for so long, until the cow becomes well.

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AgP 169.13

गोमतीञ्च जपेद्विद्यां गोस्तुतिं गोमतीं स्मरेत् एका चेद्बहुभिर्दैवाद् यत्र व्यापादिता भवेत्

gomatīñca japedvidyāṃ gostutiṃ gomatīṃ smaret ekā cedbahubhirdaivād yatra vyāpāditā bhavet

And he should mutter the Gomatī formula; he should call to mind the Gomatī praise of cows. If a single (cow) is killed by many through mischance,

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AgP 169.14

पादं पादन्तु हत्यायाश् चरेयुस्ते पृथक् पृथक् उपकारे क्रियमाणे विपत्तौ नास्ति पातकं

pādaṃ pādantu hatyāyāś careyuste pṛthak pṛthak upakāre kriyamāṇe vipattau nāsti pātakaṃ

they should each severally perform a quarter-share of (the penance for) the killing. When help is being rendered (to the animal) and death results, there is no sin.

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AgP 169.15

एतदेव व्रतं कुर्युरुपपातकिनस् तथा अवकीर्णवर्जं शुद्ध्यर्थञ्चान्द्रायणमथापि वा

etadeva vrataṃ kuryurupapātakinas tathā avakīrṇavarjaṃ śuddhyarthañcāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā

Those guilty of the minor sins should likewise perform this same vow — excepting the one who has broken his vow of chastity — or else the cāndrāyaṇa for the sake of purification.

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AgP 169.16

अवकीर्णी तु कालेन गर्धभेन चतुष्पथे पाकयज्ञविधानेन यजेत निरृतिं निशि

avakīrṇī tu kālena gardhabhena catuṣpathe pākayajñavidhānena yajeta nirṛtiṃ niśi

But the breaker of the vow of chastity should, at the (proper) time, at a crossroads, by night, sacrifice to Nirṛti with an ass, according to the rule of the cooked-offering sacrifice.

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AgP 169.17

कृत्वाग्निं विधिवद्धीमानन्ततस्तु समित्तृचा चन्द्रेन्द्रगुरुवह्नीनां जुहुयात् सर्पिषाहुतिं(१)

kṛtvāgniṃ vidhivaddhīmānantatastu samittṛcā candrendraguruvahnīnāṃ juhuyāt sarpiṣāhutiṃ(1)

The wise man, having set up the fire according to rule, should then, with the three verses beginning 'samit', offer an oblation of ghee to Candra, Indra, Bṛhaspati and Agni.

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AgP 169.18

अथवा गार्धभञ्चर्म वसित्वाब्दञ्चरेन्महीं हत्वा गर्भमविज्ञातं ब्रह्महत्याव्रतं चरेत्

athavā gārdhabhañcarma vasitvābdañcarenmahīṃ hatvā garbhamavijñātaṃ brahmahatyāvrataṃ caret

Or else, having clothed himself in an ass's hide, he should wander the earth for a year. Having destroyed an embryo unawares, he should perform the vow for the killing of a brahmin.

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AgP 169.19

:न् १ जुहुयात्सर्पिषाहुतीरिति ख॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ च :प् १७२ सरां पीत्वा द्विजो मोहादग्निवर्णां सुरां पिवेत् गोमूत्रमग्निवर्णं वा पिवेदुदकमेव वा

:n 1 juhuyātsarpiṣāhutīriti kha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca :p 172 sarāṃ pītvā dvijo mohādagnivarṇāṃ surāṃ pivet gomūtramagnivarṇaṃ vā pivedudakameva vā

A twice-born who has drunk liquor out of delusion should drink liquor glowing like fire; or he should drink cow's urine glowing like fire, or water alone.

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AgP 169.20

सुवर्णस्तेयकृद्विप्रो राजानमभिगम्य तु स्वकर्म ख्यापयन् व्रूयान्मां भवाननुशास्त्विति

suvarṇasteyakṛdvipro rājānamabhigamya tu svakarma khyāpayan vrūyānmāṃ bhavānanuśāstviti

A brahmin who has committed the theft of gold should go to the king and, proclaiming his own deed, say: 'Let your Honour chastise me.'

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AgP 169.21

गृहीत्वा मुशलं राजा सकृद्धन्यात् स्वयङ्गतं बधेन शुद्ध्यते स्तेयो ब्राह्मणस्तपसैव वा

gṛhītvā muśalaṃ rājā sakṛddhanyāt svayaṅgataṃ badhena śuddhyate steyo brāhmaṇastapasaiva vā

The king, taking up a club, should strike him once, since he has come of his own accord; by the beating the thief is purified — or a brahmin (may be purified) by austerity alone.

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AgP 169.22

गुरुतल्पो निकृत्यैव शिश्नञ्च वृषणं स्वयं निधाय चाञ्चलौ गच्छेदानिपाताच्च नैरृतिं

gurutalpo nikṛtyaiva śiśnañca vṛṣaṇaṃ svayaṃ nidhāya cāñcalau gacchedānipātācca nairṛtiṃ

The violator of his guru's bed should himself cut off his penis and testicles, and placing (them) in his joined palms, should walk toward the south-west until he drops.

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AgP 169.23

चान्द्रायणान् वा त्रीन्मासानभ्यसेन्नियतेन्द्रियः जातिभ्रंशकरं कर्म कृत्वान्यतममिच्छया

cāndrāyaṇān vā trīnmāsānabhyasenniyatendriyaḥ jātibhraṃśakaraṃ karma kṛtvānyatamamicchayā

Or, with his senses restrained, he should practise cāndrāyaṇas for three months. Having done any one of the acts that cause the loss of caste, if willingly,

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AgP 169.24

चरेच्छान्तपनं कृच्छ्रं प्राजापत्यमनिच्छया सङ्करीपात्रकृत्यासु मासं शोधनमैन्दवं

carecchāntapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ prājāpatyamanicchayā saṅkarīpātrakṛtyāsu māsaṃ śodhanamaindavaṃ

he should perform the sāntapana penance; if unwillingly, the prājāpatya. For the acts that cause mixture (of caste) and that make one unfit as a vessel (of gifts), the lunar purification for a month.

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AgP 169.25

मलिनीकरणीयेषु तप्तं स्याद्यावकं त्र्यहं तुरीयो ब्रह्महत्यायाः क्षत्रियस्य बधे स्मृतः

malinīkaraṇīyeṣu taptaṃ syādyāvakaṃ tryahaṃ turīyo brahmahatyāyāḥ kṣatriyasya badhe smṛtaḥ

In the case of the defiling offences, there should be hot barley-gruel for three days. A fourth part of (the penance for) killing a brahmin is laid down for the killing of a kṣatriya.

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AgP 169.26

वैश्ये ऽष्टमांशे वृत्तस्थे शूद्रे ज्ञेयस्तु षोडशः मार्जरनकुलौ हत्वा चासं मण्डूकमेव च

vaiśye 'ṣṭamāṃśe vṛttasthe śūdre jñeyastu ṣoḍaśaḥ mārjaranakulau hatvā cāsaṃ maṇḍūkameva ca

For a vaiśya an eighth part, and for a śūdra of good conduct a sixteenth is to be known. Having killed a cat or a mongoose, a blue jay, or a frog,

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AgP 169.27

श्वगोधोलूककाकांश् च शूद्रहत्याव्रतं चरेत् चतुर्णामपि वर्णानां नारीं हत्वानवस्थितां

śvagodholūkakākāṃś ca śūdrahatyāvrataṃ caret caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ nārīṃ hatvānavasthitāṃ

And (having killed) dogs, monitor-lizards, owls and crows, one should perform the vow for the killing of a śūdra; and having killed a woman of any of the four classes who is unchaste—

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AgP 169.28

अमत्यैव प्रमाप्य स्त्रीं शूद्रहत्याव्रतं चरेत् सर्पादीनां बधे नक्तमनस्थ्नां वायुसंयमः

amatyaiva pramāpya strīṃ śūdrahatyāvrataṃ caret sarpādīnāṃ badhe naktamanasthnāṃ vāyusaṃyamaḥ

—having killed a woman unintentionally, one should perform the vow for the killing of a śūdra. For the killing of snakes and the like at night, and of boneless creatures, restraint of breath (is the penance).

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AgP 169.29

द्रव्याणामल्पसाराणां स्तेयं कृत्वान्यवेश्मतः चरेच्छान्तपनं कृच्छं व्रतं निर्वाप्य सिद्ध्यति

dravyāṇāmalpasārāṇāṃ steyaṃ kṛtvānyaveśmataḥ carecchāntapanaṃ kṛcchaṃ vrataṃ nirvāpya siddhyati

Having committed theft of goods of little value from another's house, one should perform the sāntapana kṛcchra vow; by making restitution he is purified.

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AgP 169.30

:प् १७३ भक्षभोज्यापहरणे यानशय्यासनस्य च पुष्पमूलफलानाञ्च पञ्चगव्यं विशोधनं

:p 173 bhakṣabhojyāpaharaṇe yānaśayyāsanasya ca puṣpamūlaphalānāñca pañcagavyaṃ viśodhanaṃ

In the carrying off of things to be eaten and of foods, and of a vehicle, bed or seat, and of flowers, roots and fruits, the five products of the cow are the purification.

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AgP 169.31

तृणकाष्ठद्रुमाणान्तु शुष्कान्नस्य गुडस्य च चेलचर्मामिषाणान्तु(१) त्रिरात्रं स्यादभोजनं

tṛṇakāṣṭhadrumāṇāntu śuṣkānnasya guḍasya ca celacarmāmiṣāṇāntu(1) trirātraṃ syādabhojanaṃ

But for grass, wood and trees, for dry food and molasses, and for cloth, hides and meat, there should be fasting for three nights.

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AgP 169.32

मणिमुक्ताप्रवालानां ताम्रस्य रजतस्य च अयःकांस्योपलानाञ्च द्वादशाहं कणान्नभुक्

maṇimuktāpravālānāṃ tāmrasya rajatasya ca ayaḥkāṃsyopalānāñca dvādaśāhaṃ kaṇānnabhuk

For gems, pearls and coral, for copper and silver, and for iron, bell-metal and stone, (one should be) an eater of grain-particles for twelve days.

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AgP 169.33

कार्पासकीटजीर्णानां द्विशफैकशफस्य च पक्षिगन्धौषधीनान्तु रज्वा चैव त्र्यहम्पयः

kārpāsakīṭajīrṇānāṃ dviśaphaikaśaphasya ca pakṣigandhauṣadhīnāntu rajvā caiva tryahampayaḥ

For cotton, silk, and wool, for two-hoofed and single-hoofed animals, for birds, perfumes and herbs, and for rope, milk for three days.

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AgP 169.34

गुरुतल्पव्रतं कुर्याद्रेतः सिक्त्वा स्वयोनिषु सख्युः पुत्रस्य च स्त्रीषु कुमारोष्वन्त्यजासु च

gurutalpavrataṃ kuryādretaḥ siktvā svayoniṣu sakhyuḥ putrasya ca strīṣu kumāroṣvantyajāsu ca

He should perform the vow for (violating) the guru's bed if he has shed his seed in women of his own lineage, in the wives of a friend or of a son, in maidens, and in women of the lowest castes.

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AgP 169.35

पितृस्वस्रेयीं भगिनीं स्वस्रीयां मातुरेव च मातुश् च भ्रातुराप्तस्य गत्वा चान्द्रायणञ्चरेत्

pitṛsvasreyīṃ bhaginīṃ svasrīyāṃ mātureva ca mātuś ca bhrāturāptasya gatvā cāndrāyaṇañcaret

Having gone to the daughter of a father's sister, to a sister, to a sister's daughter, to the daughter of a mother's sister, of a mother's brother, or (to the wife) of a kinsman, he should perform the cāndrāyaṇa.

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AgP 169.36

अमानुषीषु पुरुष उदक्यायामयोनिषु रेतः सिक्त्वा जले चैव कृच्छ्रं शान्तपनञ्चरेत्

amānuṣīṣu puruṣa udakyāyāmayoniṣu retaḥ siktvā jale caiva kṛcchraṃ śāntapanañcaret

A man who has shed his seed in non-human females, in a menstruating woman, in non-vaginal orifices, and in water, should perform the sāntapana kṛcchra.

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AgP 169.37

मैथुनन्तु समासेव्य पुंसि योषिति वा द्विजः गोयाने ऽप्सु दिवा चैव सवासाः स्नानमाचरेत्

maithunantu samāsevya puṃsi yoṣiti vā dvijaḥ goyāne 'psu divā caiva savāsāḥ snānamācaret

A twice-born who has had intercourse with a man, or with a woman in an ox-cart, in water, or by day, should bathe with his clothes on.

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AgP 169.38

चण्डालान्त्यस्त्रियो गत्वा भुक्त्वा च प्रतिगृह्य च पतत्यज्ञानतो विप्रो ज्ञानात् साम्यन्तु गच्छति

caṇḍālāntyastriyo gatvā bhuktvā ca pratigṛhya ca patatyajñānato vipro jñānāt sāmyantu gacchati

Having gone to caṇḍāla or lowest-caste women, and having eaten (with them) and accepted (gifts from them), a brahmin falls if it was done unknowingly; if knowingly, he becomes their equal.

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AgP 169.39

विप्रदुष्टां स्त्रियं भर्ता निरुन्ध्यादेकवेश्मनि यत् पुंसः परदारेषु तदेनाञ्चारयेद्व्रतं

vipraduṣṭāṃ striyaṃ bhartā nirundhyādekaveśmani yat puṃsaḥ paradāreṣu tadenāñcārayedvrataṃ

A husband should confine a wife defiled by another in a single room, and should make her perform the vow that is (prescribed) for a man in the case of others' wives.

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AgP 169.40

साचेत्पुनः प्रदुष्येत सदृशेनोपमन्त्रिता कृच्छ्रञ्चाद्रायणञ्चैव तदस्याः पावनं स्मृतं

sācetpunaḥ praduṣyeta sadṛśenopamantritā kṛcchrañcādrāyaṇañcaiva tadasyāḥ pāvanaṃ smṛtaṃ

If she is defiled again, having been solicited by one of equal (caste), then the kṛcchra and the cāndrāyaṇa are declared to be her purification.

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AgP 169.41

:न् १ वेणुचर्मामिषाणाञ्चेति झ॥ :प् १७४ यत् करोत्येकरात्रेण वृषलीसेवनं द्विजः तद्भैक्ष्यभुक् जपेन्नित्यं त्रिभिर्वषैर् व्यपोहति

:n 1 veṇucarmāmiṣāṇāñceti jha.. :p 174 yat karotyekarātreṇa vṛṣalīsevanaṃ dvijaḥ tadbhaikṣyabhuk japennityaṃ tribhirvaṣair vyapohati

Whatever a twice-born does in one night by consorting with a śūdra woman, that he wipes away in three years, living on alms and reciting constantly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition