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Agni Purana — Chapter 170

AgP 170.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे प्रायश्चित्तानि नाम एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१७०} :श् अथ सप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः प्रायश्चित्तानि पुष्कर उवाच महापापानुयुक्तानां(१) प्रायश्चित्तानि(२) वच्मिते संवत्सरेण पतति पतितेन सहाचरन्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe prāyaścittāni nāma ekonasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {170} :ś atha saptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ prāyaścittāni puṣkara uvāca mahāpāpānuyuktānāṃ(1) prāyaścittāni(2) vacmite saṃvatsareṇa patati patitena sahācaran

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and sixty-ninth chapter, called 'Expiations'. || Now the one hundred and seventieth chapter: Expiations. Puṣkara said: I shall declare to you the expiations for those involved in the great sins. One who associates with a fallen man becomes fallen in the course of a year.

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AgP 170.2

याजनाद्ध्यापनाद्यौनान्न तु यानाशनासनात् यो येन पतितेनैषां संसर्गं याति मानवः

yājanāddhyāpanādyaunānna tu yānāśanāsanāt yo yena patitenaiṣāṃ saṃsargaṃ yāti mānavaḥ

(He falls) through officiating at his sacrifice, through teaching him, and through marriage connection, but not through (sharing) a vehicle, food, or a seat. Whatever man enters into association with whichever of these fallen men,

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AgP 170.3

स तस्यैव व्रतं कुर्यात्तत्संसर्गस्य शुद्धये पतितस्योदकं कार्यं सपिण्डैर् बान्धवैः सह

sa tasyaiva vrataṃ kuryāttatsaṃsargasya śuddhaye patitasyodakaṃ kāryaṃ sapiṇḍair bāndhavaiḥ saha

he should perform that very man's vow, for the purification of that association. For the fallen man the water-offering is to be made by his sapiṇḍas together with his relatives.

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AgP 170.4

निन्दिते ऽहनि सायाह्णे ज्ञात्यृत्विग् गुरुसन्निधौ दासो घटमपां पूर्णं पर्यस्येत् प्रेतवत्पदा(३)

nindite 'hani sāyāhṇe jñātyṛtvig gurusannidhau dāso ghaṭamapāṃ pūrṇaṃ paryasyet pretavatpadā(3)

On an inauspicious day, at evening, in the presence of kinsmen, officiating priests and elders, a slave should overturn with his foot a pot filled with water, as is done for a dead man.

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AgP 170.5

अहोरात्रमुपासीतन्नशौचं बान्धवैः सह निवर्तयेरंस्तस्मात्तु ज्येष्ठांशम्भाषणादिके

ahorātramupāsītannaśaucaṃ bāndhavaiḥ saha nivartayeraṃstasmāttu jyeṣṭhāṃśambhāṣaṇādike

For a day and a night they should observe impurity along with the relatives; and thereafter they should discontinue with him conversation and the rest, and (the giving of) the eldest's share.

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AgP 170.6

ज्येष्ठांशम्प्राप्नुयाच्चास्य यवीयान् गुणतो ऽधिकः :न् १ महापापोपपन्नानामिति ङ॥ २ प्रायश्चित्तं वदामि त इति झ॥ ३ प्रेतवत् सदेति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् १७५ प्रायश्चित्ते तु चरिते पूर्णं कुम्भमपां नवं

jyeṣṭhāṃśamprāpnuyāccāsya yavīyān guṇato 'dhikaḥ :n 1 mahāpāpopapannānāmiti ṅa.. 2 prāyaścittaṃ vadāmi ta iti jha.. 3 pretavat sadeti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 175 prāyaścitte tu carite pūrṇaṃ kumbhamapāṃ navaṃ

And the younger brother, if superior in merit, may obtain the eldest's share. — And when the penance has been performed, a new pot full of water (is to be taken)...

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AgP 170.7

तेनैव सार्धं प्राश्येयुः स्नात्वा पुण्यजलाशये एवमेव विधिं कुर्युर्योषित्सु पपितास्वपि

tenaiva sārdhaṃ prāśyeyuḥ snātvā puṇyajalāśaye evameva vidhiṃ kuryuryoṣitsu papitāsvapi

With that very (water) they should partake (of it), after bathing in a sacred pool. In just this way they should perform the rite in the case of women who have fallen too.

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AgP 170.8

वस्त्रान्नपानन्देयन्तु वसेयुश् च गृहान्तिके तेषां द्विजानां सावित्री नानूद्येत(१) यथाविधि

vastrānnapānandeyantu vaseyuś ca gṛhāntike teṣāṃ dvijānāṃ sāvitrī nānūdyeta(1) yathāvidhi

They should give (them) clothing, food and drink, and (the fallen ones) may dwell near the house; for those twice-born the Sāvitrī is not to be recited over (them) again as prescribed.

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AgP 170.9

तांश्चारयित्वा त्रीन् कृछ्रान् यथाविध्युपनाययेत् विकर्मस्थाः परित्यक्तास्तेषां मप्येतदादिशेत्

tāṃścārayitvā trīn kṛchrān yathāvidhyupanāyayet vikarmasthāḥ parityaktāsteṣāṃ mapyetadādiśet

Having made them perform three kṛcchra penances, one should have them initiated again according to rule. Those who persist in forbidden acts and have been cast out — for them too one should prescribe this.

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AgP 170.10

जपित्वा त्रीणि सावित्र्याः सहस्त्राणि समाहितः मासङ्गोष्ठे पयः पीत्वा मुच्यते ऽसत्प्रतिग्रहात्

japitvā trīṇi sāvitryāḥ sahastrāṇi samāhitaḥ māsaṅgoṣṭhe payaḥ pītvā mucyate 'satpratigrahāt

Having recited three thousand (repetitions) of the Sāvitrī with concentrated mind, and having drunk milk for a month in a cow-pen, he is freed from (the sin of) accepting a gift from an unworthy person.

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AgP 170.11

ब्रात्यानां याजनं कृत्वा परेषामन्त्यकर्म च अभिचारमहीनानान्त्रिभिः कृच्छैर् व्यपोहति(२)

brātyānāṃ yājanaṃ kṛtvā pareṣāmantyakarma ca abhicāramahīnānāntribhiḥ kṛcchair vyapohati(2)

Having officiated at the sacrifice of outcastes (vrātyas), and (having performed) the funeral rites of others, and sorcery — he removes (these faults) by three kṛcchras.

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AgP 170.12

शरणागतं परित्यज्य वेदं विप्लाव्य च द्विजः संवत्सं यताहारस्तत्पापमपसेधति

śaraṇāgataṃ parityajya vedaṃ viplāvya ca dvijaḥ saṃvatsaṃ yatāhārastatpāpamapasedhati

A twice-born who abandons one who has come for refuge, and who divulges the Veda, drives away that sin by a year of restricted food.

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AgP 170.13

श्वशृगालखरैर् दष्टो ग्राम्यैः क्रव्याद्भिरेव च नरोष्ट्राश्वैर् वराहैश् च(३) प्राणायामेन शुद्ध्यति

śvaśṛgālakharair daṣṭo grāmyaiḥ kravyādbhireva ca naroṣṭrāśvair varāhaiś ca(3) prāṇāyāmena śuddhyati

One bitten by dogs, jackals, or donkeys, and by domestic flesh-eating animals, and by men, camels, horses and boars, is purified by a breath-restraint.

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AgP 170.14

स्नातकव्रतलोपे च कर्मत्यागे ह्य् अभोजनं हुङ्कारं(४) ब्राह्मणस्योक्त्वा त्वङ्करञ्च गरीयसः

snātakavratalope ca karmatyāge hy abhojanaṃ huṅkāraṃ(4) brāhmaṇasyoktvā tvaṅkarañca garīyasaḥ

And for lapse of the snātaka's vow and for abandonment of the rites, (the penance is) fasting. Having said 'Hum!' to a brahmin, or 'you' to a superior,

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AgP 170.15

स्नात्वानश्नन्नहःशेषमभिवाद्य प्रसादयेत् अवगूर्य चरेक्षच्छ्रमतिकृच्छ्रन्निपातने

snātvānaśnannahaḥśeṣamabhivādya prasādayet avagūrya carekṣacchramatikṛcchrannipātane

he should bathe, not eat for the remainder of the day, and salute (him) and win his favour. Having raised (a weapon) against (a brahmin) he should perform the kṛcchra; for striking (him) down, the atikṛcchra.

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AgP 170.16

कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं कुर्वीत विप्रस्योत्पाद्य शोणितं :न् १ न युज्येतेति ख॥ २ कृच्छ्रैर् विशुद्ध्यति इति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ३ नरोष्टविड्वराहैश्चेति ङ॥ ४ क्रूङ्कारमिति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च । ओङ्कारमिति ग॥ , ङ॥ च । हङ्कारञ्चेति ख॥ :प् १७६ चाण्डालादिरविज्ञातो यस्य तिष्ठेत वेश्मनि

kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ kurvīta viprasyotpādya śoṇitaṃ :n 1 na yujyeteti kha.. 2 kṛcchrair viśuddhyati iti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 3 naroṣṭaviḍvarāhaiśceti ṅa.. 4 krūṅkāramiti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. ca / oṅkāramiti ga.. , ṅa.. ca / haṅkārañceti kha.. :p 176 cāṇḍālādiravijñāto yasya tiṣṭheta veśmani

He should perform the kṛcchrātikṛcchra for having drawn a brahmin's blood. — A cāṇḍāla or the like, unrecognized, who stays in someone's house...

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AgP 170.17

सम्यग् ज्ञातस्तु कालेन तस्य कुर्वीत शोधनं चान्द्रायणं पराकं वा द्विजानान्तु विशोधनं

samyag jñātastu kālena tasya kurvīta śodhanaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ vā dvijānāntu viśodhanaṃ

But when in course of time he is properly recognized, one should perform the purification of that (householder): the cāndrāyaṇa or the parāka is the purification for the twice-born.

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AgP 170.18

प्राजापत्यन्तु शूद्राणां शेषन्तदनुसारतः गुंडङ्कुसुम्भं लवणं तथा धान्यानि यानि च

prājāpatyantu śūdrāṇāṃ śeṣantadanusārataḥ guṃḍaṅkusumbhaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā dhānyāni yāni ca

For śūdras, the prājāpatya; the rest in proportion to that. Molasses, safflower, salt, and whatever grains there are —

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AgP 170.19

कृत्वा गृहे ततो द्वारि तेषान्दद्याद्धुताशनं मृणमयानान्तु भाण्डानां त्याग एव विधीयते

kṛtvā gṛhe tato dvāri teṣāndadyāddhutāśanaṃ mṛṇamayānāntu bhāṇḍānāṃ tyāga eva vidhīyate

having (gathered) them in the house, then at the door he should consign them to the fire; but for vessels made of clay only discarding is prescribed.

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AgP 170.20

द्रव्याणां परिशेषाणां द्रव्यशुद्धिर्विधीयते कूपैकपानसक्ता ये स्पर्शात्सङ्कल्पदूषिताः(१)

dravyāṇāṃ pariśeṣāṇāṃ dravyaśuddhirvidhīyate kūpaikapānasaktā ye sparśātsaṅkalpadūṣitāḥ(1)

For the remaining substances, purification of the substance is prescribed. Those who share the drinking of one well, who are defiled by contact (or by association),

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AgP 170.21

शुद्ध्येयुरुपवासेन पञ्चगव्येन वाप्यथ यस्तु संस्पृश्य चण्डालमश्नीयाच्च स्वकामतः

śuddhyeyurupavāsena pañcagavyena vāpyatha yastu saṃspṛśya caṇḍālamaśnīyācca svakāmataḥ

may be purified by a fast, or else by the five products of the cow. But the one who, having touched a cāṇḍāla, eats of his own free will —

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AgP 170.22

द्विजश्चान्द्रायणं कुर्यात्तप्तकृच्छ्रमथापि वा भाण्डसङ्कलसङ्कीर्णश्चाण्डालादिजुगुप्सितैः

dvijaścāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryāttaptakṛcchramathāpi vā bhāṇḍasaṅkalasaṅkīrṇaścāṇḍālādijugupsitaiḥ

that twice-born should perform the cāndrāyaṇa, or else the taptakṛcchra. One who is contaminated through mixing of vessels with the loathsome cāṇḍālas and the like,

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AgP 170.23

भुक्त्वापीत्वा तथा तेषां षड्रात्रेण विशुद्ध्यति अन्त्यानां भुक्तशेषन्तु भक्षयित्वा द्विजातयः

bhuktvāpītvā tathā teṣāṃ ṣaḍrātreṇa viśuddhyati antyānāṃ bhuktaśeṣantu bhakṣayitvā dvijātayaḥ

having eaten and drunk (from) theirs, is purified in six nights. But twice-born men who have eaten the leftovers of the lowest castes

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AgP 170.24

व्रतं चान्द्रायणं कुर्युस्त्रिरात्रं शूद्र एव तु चण्डालकूपभाण्डेषु अज्ञानात्पिवते जलं

vrataṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryustrirātraṃ śūdra eva tu caṇḍālakūpabhāṇḍeṣu ajñānātpivate jalaṃ

should perform the cāndrāyaṇa observance, while a śūdra (fasts) three nights. If one unknowingly drinks water from the wells and vessels of cāṇḍālas,

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AgP 170.25

द्विजः शान्तपनं कुर्याच्छूद्रश्चोपवसेद्दिनं चण्डालेन तु संस्पृष्टो(२) यस्त्वपः पिवते द्विजः

dvijaḥ śāntapanaṃ kuryācchūdraścopavaseddinaṃ caṇḍālena tu saṃspṛṣṭo(2) yastvapaḥ pivate dvijaḥ

a twice-born should perform the śāntapana, and a śūdra should fast for a day. But the twice-born who drinks water that has been touched by a cāṇḍāla

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AgP 170.26

त्रिरात्रन्तेन कर्तव्यं शूद्रश्चोपवसेद्दिनं उच्छिष्टेन यदि(३) स्पृष्टः शुना शूद्रेण वा द्विजः

trirātrantena kartavyaṃ śūdraścopavaseddinaṃ ucchiṣṭena yadi(3) spṛṣṭaḥ śunā śūdreṇa vā dvijaḥ

It is to be performed for three nights, and a śūdra should fast for a day. If a twice-born is touched by leavings of food, by a dog, or by a śūdra —

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AgP 170.27

:न् १ स्पर्शसङ्कल्पभूषिता इति झ॥ २ संसृष्ट इति क॥ ३ यदेति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च :प् १७७ उपोष्य रजनीमेकां पञ्चगव्येन शुद्ध्यति वैश्येन क्षत्रियेणैव स्नानं नक्तं समाचरेत्

:n 1 sparśasaṅkalpabhūṣitā iti jha.. 2 saṃsṛṣṭa iti ka.. 3 yadeti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca :p 177 upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ pañcagavyena śuddhyati vaiśyena kṣatriyeṇaiva snānaṃ naktaṃ samācaret

— having fasted for a single night, he becomes pure by the five cow-products; (if touched) by a vaiśya or by a kṣatriya, he should undertake a bath and the night-meal (nakta).

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AgP 170.28

अध्वानं प्रस्थितो विप्रः कान्तारे यद्यनूदके पक्वान्नेन गृहीतेन मूत्रोच्चारङ्करोति वै

adhvānaṃ prasthito vipraḥ kāntāre yadyanūdake pakvānnena gṛhītena mūtroccāraṅkaroti vai

If a brahmin who has set out on a journey, in a waterless wilderness, does indeed pass urine or excrement while holding cooked food —

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AgP 170.29

अनिधायैव तद्द्रव्यं अङ्गे कृत्वा तु संस्थितं शौचं कृत्वान्नमभ्युक्ष्य अर्कस्याग्नेयश् च दर्शयेत्

anidhāyaiva taddravyaṃ aṅge kṛtvā tu saṃsthitaṃ śaucaṃ kṛtvānnamabhyukṣya arkasyāgneyaś ca darśayet

— then, without setting that food down at all, but keeping it placed upon his body, having performed his cleansing and sprinkled the food (with water), he should show it to the sun and to fire.

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AgP 170.30

म्लेच्छैर् गतानां चौरैर् वा कान्तारे वा प्रवासिनां भक्ष्याभक्ष्यविशुद्ध्यर्थं(१) तेषां वक्ष्यामिनिष्कृतिं

mlecchair gatānāṃ caurair vā kāntāre vā pravāsināṃ bhakṣyābhakṣyaviśuddhyarthaṃ(1) teṣāṃ vakṣyāminiṣkṛtiṃ

For those who have gone off with mlecchas or with thieves, or who have lived abroad in the wilderness, for the sake of purification concerning what may and may not be eaten, I shall state their expiation.

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AgP 170.31

पुनः प्राप्य स्वदेशञ्च वर्णानामनुपूर्वशः कृच्छ्रस्यान्ते ब्राह्मणस्तु पुनः संस्कारमर्हति

punaḥ prāpya svadeśañca varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ kṛcchrasyānte brāhmaṇastu punaḥ saṃskāramarhati

Having reached his own country again, in the order of the classes: at the end of the kṛcchra penance a brahmin is fit for renewed consecration.

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AgP 170.32

पादोनान्ते क्षत्रियश् च अर्धान्ते वैश्य एव च पादं कृत्वा तथा शूद्रो दानं दत्वा विशुद्ध्यति

pādonānte kṣatriyaś ca ardhānte vaiśya eva ca pādaṃ kṛtvā tathā śūdro dānaṃ datvā viśuddhyati

And a kṣatriya at the end of three-quarters (of it), a vaiśya at the end of half, and likewise a śūdra, having done a quarter, becomes pure by giving a gift.

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AgP 170.33

उदक्या तु सवर्णा या स्पृष्टा चेत् स्यादुदक्यया तस्मिन्नेवाहनि स्नाता शुद्धिमाप्नोत्यसंशयं

udakyā tu savarṇā yā spṛṣṭā cet syādudakyayā tasminnevāhani snātā śuddhimāpnotyasaṃśayaṃ

But a menstruating woman of the same class, if she is touched by a menstruating woman, having bathed on that very day attains purity, without doubt.

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AgP 170.34

रजस्वला तु नाश्नीयात् संस्पृष्टा हीनवर्णया यावन्न शुद्धिमाप्नोति शुद्धस्नानेन शुद्ध्यति

rajasvalā tu nāśnīyāt saṃspṛṣṭā hīnavarṇayā yāvanna śuddhimāpnoti śuddhasnānena śuddhyati

But a menstruating woman touched by a woman of lower class should not eat so long as she does not attain purity; she becomes pure by the purificatory bath.

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AgP 170.35

मूत्रं कृत्वा व्रजन्वर्त्म स्मृतिभ्रंशाज्जलं पिवेत् अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा पञ्चगव्येन शुद्ध्यति

mūtraṃ kṛtvā vrajanvartma smṛtibhraṃśājjalaṃ pivet ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pañcagavyena śuddhyati

One who, having urinated, should drink water while walking on the road through a lapse of memory: having fasted a day and a night, he becomes pure by the five cow-products.

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AgP 170.36

मूत्रोच्चारं द्विजः कृत्वा अकृत्वा शौचमात्मनः मोहाद्भुक्त्वा(२) त्रिरात्रन्तु यवान् पीत्वा विशुद्ध्यति

mūtroccāraṃ dvijaḥ kṛtvā akṛtvā śaucamātmanaḥ mohādbhuktvā(2) trirātrantu yavān pītvā viśuddhyati

A twice-born who has passed urine or excrement and, without performing his own cleansing, eats through confusion, becomes pure by drinking barley(-water) for three nights.

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AgP 170.37

ये प्रत्यवसिता विप्राः प्रव्रज्यादिबलात्तथा :न् १ भक्ष्यभोज्यविशुद्ध्यर्थमिति झ॥ २ लोभाद्भुक्त्वेति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च :प् १७८ अनाशकनिवृताश् च तेषां शुद्धिः प्रचक्ष्यते

ye pratyavasitā viprāḥ pravrajyādibalāttathā :n 1 bhakṣyabhojyaviśuddhyarthamiti jha.. 2 lobhādbhuktveti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca :p 178 anāśakanivṛtāś ca teṣāṃ śuddhiḥ pracakṣyate

Those brahmins who have fallen back (from their vow), thus by force from renunciation and the like, and those who have turned back from fasting (unto death) — their purification is declared.

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AgP 170.38

चारयेत्त्रीणि कृच्छ्राणि चान्द्रायणमथापि वा जातकर्मादिसंस्कारैः संस्कुर्यात्तं तथा पुनः

cārayettrīṇi kṛcchrāṇi cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā jātakarmādisaṃskāraiḥ saṃskuryāttaṃ tathā punaḥ

One should make (him) perform three kṛcchra penances, or else a cāndrāyaṇa; and one should consecrate him again with the sacraments beginning with the birth-rite.

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AgP 170.39

उपानहममेध्यं च यस्य संस्पृशते मुखं मृत्तिकागोमयौ तत्र पञ्चगव्यञ्च शोधनं

upānahamamedhyaṃ ca yasya saṃspṛśate mukhaṃ mṛttikāgomayau tatra pañcagavyañca śodhanaṃ

And when a shoe, or an impure thing, touches someone's mouth, in that case earth and cow-dung, and the five cow-products, are the purification.

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AgP 170.40

वापनं विक्रयञ्चैव नीलवस्त्रादिधारणं तपनीयं हि विप्रस्य त्रिभिः कृछ्रैर् विशुद्ध्यति

vāpanaṃ vikrayañcaiva nīlavastrādidhāraṇaṃ tapanīyaṃ hi viprasya tribhiḥ kṛchrair viśuddhyati

Having the head shaved, and trading, and the wearing of blue garments and the like, must indeed be expiated by a brahmin: he becomes pure by three kṛcchra penances.

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AgP 170.41

अन्त्यजातिश्वपाकेन(१) संस्पृष्टा स्त्री रजस्वला चतुर्थे ऽहनि शुद्धा सा त्रिरात्रं तत्र आचरेत्(२)

antyajātiśvapākena(1) saṃspṛṣṭā strī rajasvalā caturthe 'hani śuddhā sā trirātraṃ tatra ācaret(2)

A menstruating woman touched by a man of the lowest birth or by a dog-cooker is pure on the fourth day; she should observe three nights in that state.

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AgP 170.42

चाण्डालश्वपचौ स्पृष्ट्वा तथा पूयञ्च सूतिकां शवं तत्स्पर्शिनं स्पृष्ट्वा(३) सद्यः स्नानेन शुद्ध्यति

cāṇḍālaśvapacau spṛṣṭvā tathā pūyañca sūtikāṃ śavaṃ tatsparśinaṃ spṛṣṭvā(3) sadyaḥ snānena śuddhyati

Having touched a caṇḍāla or a dog-cooker, and likewise pus, a woman in childbed, a corpse, or one who has touched these, one becomes pure at once by bathing.

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AgP 170.43

नारं स्पृष्ट्वास्थि सस्नेहं स्नात्वा विप्रो विशुद्ध्यति रथ्यार्कद्दमतोयेन अधीनाभेर्मृदोदकैः

nāraṃ spṛṣṭvāsthi sasnehaṃ snātvā vipro viśuddhyati rathyārkaddamatoyena adhīnābhermṛdodakaiḥ

Having touched a human bone that still has fat on it, a brahmin becomes pure by bathing; (otherwise) by water from the street(?) and by earth and water up to the navel(?).

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AgP 170.44

वान्तो विविक्तः स्नात्वा तु घृतं प्राश्य विशुद्ध्यति स्नानात् क्षुरकर्मकर्ता कृच्छ्रकृद्ग्रहणे ऽन्नभुक्

vānto viviktaḥ snātvā tu ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśuddhyati snānāt kṣurakarmakartā kṛcchrakṛdgrahaṇe 'nnabhuk

One who has vomited, being in a secluded place, becomes pure by bathing and sipping ghee; one who has had a shave, by bathing; one who eats food during an eclipse must perform a kṛcchra.

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AgP 170.45

अपाङ्क्तेयाशी गव्याशी शुना दष्टस् तथा शुचिः कृमिदष्टश्चात्मघाती कृच्छ्राज्जप्याच्च होमतः

apāṅkteyāśī gavyāśī śunā daṣṭas tathā śuciḥ kṛmidaṣṭaścātmaghātī kṛcchrājjapyācca homataḥ

One who eats with those not fit for the row, one who consumes cow-products, and one bitten by a dog, become pure thus; one bitten by a worm, and one who has attempted his own destruction, (are purified) by a kṛcchra, by muttered recitation, and by oblation.

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AgP 170.46

होमाद्यैश्चानुतापेन पूयन्ते पापिनो ऽखिलाः(४)

homādyaiścānutāpena pūyante pāpino 'khilāḥ(4)

And by oblations and the rest, together with remorse, all sinners are purified. (4)

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