Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 32

KuP 2 32.1

व्यास उवाच सुरापस्तु सुरां तप्तामग्निवर्णां स्वयं पिबेत् । तया स काये निर्दग्धे मुच्यते तु द्विजोत्तमः

vyāsa uvāca surāpastu surāṃ taptāmagnivarṇāṃ svayaṃ pibet / tayā sa kāye nirdagdhe mucyate tu dvijottamaḥ

Vyāsa said: The drinker of liquor should himself drink liquor heated to the colour of fire; when his body has been burnt up by it, that best of the twice-born is released.

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KuP 2 32.2

गोमूत्रमग्निवर्णं वा गोशकृद्रसमेव वा । पयो घृतं जलं वाथ मुच्यते पातकात् ततः

gomūtramagnivarṇaṃ vā gośakṛdrasameva vā / payo ghṛtaṃ jalaṃ vātha mucyate pātakāt tataḥ

Or cow's urine of the colour of fire, or the liquid of cow-dung, or milk, or ghee, or water — thereby he is freed from the sin.

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KuP 2 32.3

जलार्द्रवासाः प्रयतो ध्यात्वा नारायणं हरिम् । ब्रह्महत्याव्रतं चाथ चरेत् तत्पापशान्तये

jalārdravāsāḥ prayato dhyātvā nārāyaṇaṃ harim / brahmahatyāvrataṃ cātha caret tatpāpaśāntaye

Wearing wet clothing, self-restrained, having meditated on Hari Nārāyaṇa, he should then perform the vow (prescribed) for brahmin-slaying, for the appeasing of that sin.

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KuP 2 32.4

सुवर्णस्तेयकृद् विप्रो राजानमभिगम्य तु । स्वकर्म ख्यापयन् ब्रूयान्मां भवाननुशास्त्विति

suvarṇasteyakṛd vipro rājānamabhigamya tu / svakarma khyāpayan brūyānmāṃ bhavānanuśāstviti

A brahmin who has committed theft of gold should approach the king and, declaring his deed, should say: "Let your honour punish me."

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KuP 2 32.5

गृहीत्वा मुसलं राजा सकृद् हन्यात् ततः स्वयम् । वधे तु शुद्ध्यते स्तेनो ब्राह्मणस्तपसैव वा

gṛhītvā musalaṃ rājā sakṛd hanyāt tataḥ svayam / vadhe tu śuddhyate steno brāhmaṇastapasaiva vā

The king, taking up a pestle, should then himself strike him once; by being killed the thief is purified — or the brahmin (is purified) by austerity alone.

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KuP 2 32.6

स्कन्धेनादाय मुसलं लकुटं वापि खादिरम् । शक्तिं चोभयतस्तीक्ष्णामायसं दण्डमेव वा

skandhenādāya musalaṃ lakuṭaṃ vāpi khādiram / śaktiṃ cobhayatastīkṣṇāmāyasaṃ daṇḍameva vā

Taking on his shoulder a pestle, or a club of khadira wood, or a spear sharp at both ends, or else an iron staff —

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KuP 2 32.7

राजा तेन च गन्तव्यो मुक्तकेशेन धावता । आचक्षाणेन तत्पापमेवङ्कर्मास्मि शाधि माम्

rājā tena ca gantavyo muktakeśena dhāvatā / ācakṣāṇena tatpāpamevaṅkarmāsmi śādhi mām

— by him the king is to be approached, running with hair unbound, declaring that sin: "Such is my deed; punish me."

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KuP 2 32.8

शासनाद् वा विमोक्षाद् वा स्तेनः स्तेयाद् विमुच्यते । अशासित्वा तु तं राजास्तेनस्याप्नोति किल्बिषम्

śāsanād vā vimokṣād vā stenaḥ steyād vimucyate / aśāsitvā tu taṃ rājāstenasyāpnoti kilbiṣam

Whether by punishment or by release, the thief is freed from the theft; but the king who does not punish him incurs the guilt of the thief.

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KuP 2 32.9

तपसापनुनुत्सुस्तु सुवर्णस्तेयजं मलम् । चीरवासा द्विजो ऽरण्ये चरेद् ब्रह्महणो व्रतम्

tapasāpanunutsustu suvarṇasteyajaṃ malam / cīravāsā dvijo 'raṇye cared brahmahaṇo vratam

But one who wishes to remove by austerity the stain born of stealing gold — the twice-born, clad in bark, should in the forest perform the vow of a brahmin-slayer.

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KuP 2 32.10

स्नात्वाश्वमेधावभृथे पूतः स्यादथवा द्विजः । प्रदद्याद् वाथ विप्रेभ्यः स्वात्मतुल्यं हिरण्यकम्

snātvāśvamedhāvabhṛthe pūtaḥ syādathavā dvijaḥ / pradadyād vātha viprebhyaḥ svātmatulyaṃ hiraṇyakam

Or the twice-born may be purified by bathing in the final ablution of a horse-sacrifice; or else he should give to brahmins gold equal to his own body('s weight).

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KuP 2 32.11

चरेद् वा वत्सरं कृच्छ्रं ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणः । ब्राह्मणः स्वर्णहारी तु तत्पापस्यापनुत्तये

cared vā vatsaraṃ kṛcchraṃ brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ / brāhmaṇaḥ svarṇahārī tu tatpāpasyāpanuttaye

Or the brahmin who has stolen gold should perform the kṛcchra penance for a year, devoted to chastity, for the removal of that sin.

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KuP 2 32.12

गुरोर्भार्यां समारुह्य ब्राह्मणः काममोहितः । अवगूहेत् स्त्रियं तप्तां दीप्तां कार्ष्णायसीं कृताम्

gurorbhāryāṃ samāruhya brāhmaṇaḥ kāmamohitaḥ / avagūhet striyaṃ taptāṃ dīptāṃ kārṣṇāyasīṃ kṛtām

A brahmin deluded by lust who has mounted his teacher's wife should embrace a woman made of black iron, heated and glowing.

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KuP 2 32.13

स्वयं वा शिश्नवृषणावुत्कृत्याधाय चाञ्चलौ । आतिष्ठेद् दक्षिणामाशामानिपातादजिह्मगः

svayaṃ vā śiśnavṛṣaṇāvutkṛtyādhāya cāñcalau / ātiṣṭhed dakṣiṇāmāśāmānipātādajihmagaḥ

Or he should himself cut off his penis and testicles and, holding them in his cupped hands, set out toward the southern quarter, going straight on until he falls.

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KuP 2 32.14

गुर्वर्थं वा हतः शुद्ध्येच्चरेद् वा ब्रह्महा व्रतम् । शाखां वा कण्टकोपेतां परिष्वज्याथ वत्सरम् । अधः शयीत नियतो मुच्यते गुरुतल्पगः

gurvarthaṃ vā hataḥ śuddhyeccared vā brahmahā vratam / śākhāṃ vā kaṇṭakopetāṃ pariṣvajyātha vatsaram / adhaḥ śayīta niyato mucyate gurutalpagaḥ

Or he becomes pure by being killed for his teacher's sake, or he should perform the vow of a brahmin-slayer; or, embracing a thorny branch for a year and lying on the ground, restrained, the violator of the teacher's bed is freed.

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KuP 2 32.15

कृच्छ्रं वाब्दं चरेद् विप्रश्चीरवासाः समाहितः । अश्वमेधावभृथके स्नात्वा वा शुद्ध्यते नरः

kṛcchraṃ vābdaṃ cared vipraścīravāsāḥ samāhitaḥ / aśvamedhāvabhṛthake snātvā vā śuddhyate naraḥ

Or the brahmin, clad in bark and concentrated, should perform the kṛcchra penance for a year; or the man is purified by bathing at the final ablution of a horse-sacrifice.

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KuP 2 32.16

काले ऽष्टमे वा भुञ्जानो ब्रह्मचारी सदाव्रती । स्थानासनाभ्यां विहरंस्त्रिरह्नो ऽभ्युपयन्नपः

kāle 'ṣṭame vā bhuñjāno brahmacārī sadāvratī / sthānāsanābhyāṃ viharaṃstrirahno 'bhyupayannapaḥ

Or, eating (only) at the eighth mealtime, chaste, ever keeping the vow, alternating between standing and sitting, entering the water three times a day,

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KuP 2 32.17

अधः शायी त्रिभिर्वर्षैस्तद् व्यपोहति पातकम् । चान्द्रायणानि वा कुर्यात् पञ्च चत्वारि वा पुनः

adhaḥ śāyī tribhirvarṣaistad vyapohati pātakam / cāndrāyaṇāni vā kuryāt pañca catvāri vā punaḥ

and sleeping on the ground, he removes that sin in three years; or else he should perform five or four lunar-fast (cāndrāyaṇa) observances.

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KuP 2 32.18

पतितैः संप्रयुक्तानामथ वक्ष्यामि निष्कृतिम् । पतितेन तु संसर्गं यो येन कुरुते द्विजः । स तत्पापापनोदार्थं तस्यैव व्रतमाचरेत्

patitaiḥ saṃprayuktānāmatha vakṣyāmi niṣkṛtim / patitena tu saṃsargaṃ yo yena kurute dvijaḥ / sa tatpāpāpanodārthaṃ tasyaiva vratamācaret

Now I shall declare the expiation for those who have had dealings with the fallen. Whatever twice-born man forms an association with a fallen person, he, in order to remove that sin, should perform the very observance (prescribed) for him (i.e. for the fallen man's offence).

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KuP 2 32.19

तप्तकृच्छ्रं चरेद् वाथ संवत्सरमतन्द्रितः । षाण्मासिके तु संसर्गे प्रायश्चित्तार्धमर्हति

taptakṛcchraṃ cared vātha saṃvatsaramatandritaḥ / ṣāṇmāsike tu saṃsarge prāyaścittārdhamarhati

Or he should perform the taptakṛcchra (hot-penance) for a year without slackening; but if the association lasted six months, he deserves (only) half the penance.

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KuP 2 32.20

एभिर्व्रतैरपोहन्ति महापातकिनो मलम् । पुण्यतीर्थाभिगमनात् पृथिव्यां वाथ निष्कृतिः

ebhirvratairapohanti mahāpātakino malam / puṇyatīrthābhigamanāt pṛthivyāṃ vātha niṣkṛtiḥ

By these observances those guilty of the great sins remove their taint; or else on earth expiation (comes) from visiting holy pilgrimage places.

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KuP 2 32.21

ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः । कृत्वा तैश्चापि संसर्गं ब्राह्मणः कामकारतः

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ / kṛtvā taiścāpi saṃsargaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ kāmakārataḥ

Killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, intercourse with the teacher's wife — and also a brahmin who wilfully forms association with those (who do these) —

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KuP 2 32.22

कुर्यादनशनं विप्रः पुण्यतीर्थे समाहितः । ज्वलन्तं वा विशेदग्निं ध्यात्वा देवं कपर्दिनम्

kuryādanaśanaṃ vipraḥ puṇyatīrthe samāhitaḥ / jvalantaṃ vā viśedagniṃ dhyātvā devaṃ kapardinam

the brahmin should undertake fasting, composed, at a holy place; or he should enter blazing fire, having meditated on the god who wears matted locks (Śiva).

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KuP 2 32.23

न ह्यन्या निष्कृतिर्दृष्टा मुनिभिर्धर्मवादिभिः । तस्मात् पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु दहेद् वापि स्वदेहकम्

na hyanyā niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā munibhirdharmavādibhiḥ / tasmāt puṇyeṣu tīrtheṣu dahed vāpi svadehakam

For no other expiation has been seen by the sages who declare the law; therefore at holy places he may even burn his own body.

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KuP 2 32.24

गत्वा दुहितरं विप्रः स्वसारं वा स्नुषामपि । प्रविशेज्ज्वलनं दीप्तं मतिपूर्वमिति स्थितिः

gatvā duhitaraṃ vipraḥ svasāraṃ vā snuṣāmapi / praviśejjvalanaṃ dīptaṃ matipūrvamiti sthitiḥ

A brahmin who has gone to his daughter, or his sister, or even his son's wife, should enter the blazing fire — such is the rule if (it was done) deliberately.

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KuP 2 32.25

मातृष्वसां मातुलानीं तथैव च पितृष्वसाम् । भागिनेयीं समारुह्य कुर्यात् कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रकौ

mātṛṣvasāṃ mātulānīṃ tathaiva ca pitṛṣvasām / bhāgineyīṃ samāruhya kuryāt kṛcchrātikṛcchrakau

Having mounted a mother's sister, a maternal uncle's wife, likewise a father's sister, or a sister's daughter, he should perform the kṛcchra and the atikṛcchra;

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KuP 2 32.26

चान्द्रायणं च कुर्वोत तस्य पापस्य शान्तये । ध्यायन् देवं जगद्योनिमनादिनिधनं परम्

cāndrāyaṇaṃ ca kurvota tasya pāpasya śāntaye / dhyāyan devaṃ jagadyonimanādinidhanaṃ param

and he should perform the cāndrāyaṇa for the quelling of that sin, meditating on the god, the womb of the world, the supreme one without beginning or end.

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KuP 2 32.27

भ्रातृभार्यां समारुह्य कुर्यात् तत्पापशान्तये । चान्द्रायणानि चत्वारि पञ्च वा सुसमाहितः

bhrātṛbhāryāṃ samāruhya kuryāt tatpāpaśāntaye / cāndrāyaṇāni catvāri pañca vā susamāhitaḥ

Having mounted a brother's wife, he should, for the quelling of that sin, perform four or five cāndrāyaṇas, well composed.

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KuP 2 32.28

पैतृष्वस्त्रेयीं गत्वा तु स्वस्त्रेयां मातुरेव च । मातुलस्य सुतां वापि गत्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत्

paitṛṣvastreyīṃ gatvā tu svastreyāṃ mātureva ca / mātulasya sutāṃ vāpi gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret

But having gone to a father's sister's daughter, or a mother's sister's daughter, or the daughter of a maternal uncle, he should perform the cāndrāyaṇa.

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KuP 2 32.29

सखिभार्यां समारुह्य गत्वा श्यालीं तथैव च । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा तप्तकृच्छ्रं समाचरेत्

sakhibhāryāṃ samāruhya gatvā śyālīṃ tathaiva ca / ahorātroṣito bhūtvā taptakṛcchraṃ samācaret

Having mounted a friend's wife, and likewise having gone to a wife's sister, he should fast for a day and a night and then perform the taptakṛcchra.

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KuP 2 32.30

उदक्यागमने विप्रस्त्रिरात्रेण विशुध्यति । चाण्डालीगमने चैव तप्तकृच्छ्रत्रयं विदुः । सह सांतपनेनास्य नान्यथा निष्कृतिः स्मृता

udakyāgamane viprastrirātreṇa viśudhyati / cāṇḍālīgamane caiva taptakṛcchratrayaṃ viduḥ / saha sāṃtapanenāsya nānyathā niṣkṛtiḥ smṛtā

On going to a menstruating woman a brahmin is purified by three nights; and for going to a Cāṇḍāla woman they know three taptakṛcchras (are required), together with the sāṃtapana; no other expiation for him is recorded.

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KuP 2 32.31

मातृगोत्रां समासाद्य समानप्रवरां तथा । चाद्रायणेन शुध्येत प्रयतात्मा समाहितः

mātṛgotrāṃ samāsādya samānapravarāṃ tathā / cādrāyaṇena śudhyeta prayatātmā samāhitaḥ

Having approached a woman of his mother's gotra, or one of the same pravara, he should be purified by the cāndrāyaṇa, self-controlled and composed.

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KuP 2 32.32

ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणीं गत्वा गृच्छ्रमेकं समाचरेत् । कन्यकां दूषयित्वा तु चरेच्चान्द्रायणव्रतम्

brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇīṃ gatvā gṛcchramekaṃ samācaret / kanyakāṃ dūṣayitvā tu careccāndrāyaṇavratam

A brahmin who has gone to a brahmin woman should perform one kṛcchra; but having defiled a maiden he should perform the cāndrāyaṇa vow.

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KuP 2 32.33

अमानुषीषु पुरुष उदक्यायामयोनिषु । रेतः सिक्त्वा जले चैव कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनं चरेत्

amānuṣīṣu puruṣa udakyāyāmayoniṣu / retaḥ siktvā jale caiva kṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ caret

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

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KuP 2 32.34

बन्धकीगमने विप्रस्त्रिरात्रेण विशुद्ध्यति । गवि भथुनमासेव्य चरेच्चान्द्रायणव्रतम्

bandhakīgamane viprastrirātreṇa viśuddhyati / gavi bhathunamāsevya careccāndrāyaṇavratam

On going to a harlot a brahmin is purified by three nights; having had intercourse with a cow, he should perform the cāndrāyaṇa vow.

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KuP 2 32.35

अजावी मैथुनं कृत्वा प्राजापत्यं चरेद् द्विजः । पतितां च स्त्रियं गत्वा त्रिभिः कृच्छ्रै र्विशुद्ध्यति

ajāvī maithunaṃ kṛtvā prājāpatyaṃ cared dvijaḥ / patitāṃ ca striyaṃ gatvā tribhiḥ kṛcchrai rviśuddhyati

Having had intercourse with a goat or a ewe, the twice-born should perform the prājāpatya; and having gone to a fallen woman, he is purified by three kṛcchras.

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KuP 2 32.36

पुल्कसीगमने चैव क्रच्छ्रं चान्द्रायणं चरेत् । नटीं शैलूषकीं चैव रजकीं वेणुजीविनीम् । गत्वा चान्द्रायणं कुर्यात् तथा चर्मोपजीविनीम्

pulkasīgamane caiva kracchraṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret / naṭīṃ śailūṣakīṃ caiva rajakīṃ veṇujīvinīm / gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryāt tathā carmopajīvinīm

And upon intercourse with a Pulkasī woman he should perform the kṛcchra and the cāndrāyaṇa penance. Having gone to an actress, to a dancer-woman, to a washerwoman, to a woman who lives by bamboo-work, or likewise to one who lives by leather-work, he should perform the cāndrāyaṇa.

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KuP 2 32.37

ब्रहामचारी स्त्रियं गच्छेत् कथञ्चित्काममोहितः । सप्तगारं चरेद् भैक्षं वसित्वा गर्दभाजिनम्

brahāmacārī striyaṃ gacchet kathañcitkāmamohitaḥ / saptagāraṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ vasitvā gardabhājinam

Should a student of sacred learning, somehow deluded by desire, go to a woman, he should beg alms at seven houses, wearing a donkey's hide.

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KuP 2 32.38

उपस्पृशेत् त्रिषवणं स्वपापं परिकीर्तयन् । संवत्सरेण चैकेन तस्मात् पापात् प्रमुच्यते

upaspṛśet triṣavaṇaṃ svapāpaṃ parikīrtayan / saṃvatsareṇa caikena tasmāt pāpāt pramucyate

He should perform ablutions three times a day, proclaiming his own sin; and in one year he is released from that sin.

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KuP 2 32.39

ब्रह्महत्याव्रतं वापि षण्मासानाचरेद् यमी । मुच्यते ह्यवकीर्णो तु ब्राह्मणानुमते स्थितः

brahmahatyāvrataṃ vāpi ṣaṇmāsānācared yamī / mucyate hyavakīrṇo tu brāhmaṇānumate sthitaḥ

Or else, self-restrained, he should observe for six months the vow (prescribed) for the slayer of a brahmin; the (student) who has broken his vow is released, abiding by the consent of brahmins.

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KuP 2 32.40

सप्तरात्रमकृत्वा तु भैक्षचर्याग्निपूजनम् । रेतसश्च समुत्सर्गे प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत्

saptarātramakṛtvā tu bhaikṣacaryāgnipūjanam / retasaśca samutsarge prāyaścittaṃ samācaret

But if for seven nights he has not performed the begging of alms and the worship of the fire, and also upon an emission of semen, he should carry out an expiation.

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KuP 2 32.41

ओङ्कारपूर्विकाभिस्तु महाव्याहृतिभिः सदा । संवत्सरं तु भुञ्जानो नक्तं भिक्षाशनः शुचिः

oṅkārapūrvikābhistu mahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ sadā / saṃvatsaraṃ tu bhuñjāno naktaṃ bhikṣāśanaḥ śuciḥ

(Reciting) constantly the great utterances preceded by the syllable Om, eating for a year at night only, living on begged food, pure,

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KuP 2 32.42

सावित्रीं च जपेच्चैव नित्यं क्रोधविवर्जितः । नदीतीरेषु तीर्थेषु तस्मात् पापाद् विमुच्यते

sāvitrīṃ ca japeccaiva nityaṃ krodhavivarjitaḥ / nadītīreṣu tīrtheṣu tasmāt pāpād vimucyate

and always muttering the Sāvitrī, free of anger, on river banks and at sacred fords—by this he is released from that sin.

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KuP 2 32.43

हत्वा तु क्षत्रियं विप्रः कुर्याद् ब्रह्महणो व्रतम् । अकामतो वै षण्मासान् दद्यान् पञ्चशतं गवाम्

hatvā tu kṣatriyaṃ vipraḥ kuryād brahmahaṇo vratam / akāmato vai ṣaṇmāsān dadyān pañcaśataṃ gavām

But a brahmin who has killed a kṣatriya should perform the vow of a brahmin-slayer; if unintentionally, then for six months, and he should give five hundred cows.

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KuP 2 32.44

अब्दं चरेत नियतो वनवासी समाहितः । प्राजापत्यं सान्तपनं तप्तकृच्छ्रं तु वा स्वयम्

abdaṃ careta niyato vanavāsī samāhitaḥ / prājāpatyaṃ sāntapanaṃ taptakṛcchraṃ tu vā svayam

Restrained and composed, dwelling in the forest, he should observe (it) for a year; or by himself the Prājāpatya, the Sāntapana, or the Taptakṛcchra.

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KuP 2 32.45

प्रमाप्याकामतो वैश्यं कुर्यात् संवत्सरद्वयम् । गोसहस्रं सपादं च दद्याद् ब्रह्महणो व्रतम् । कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रौ वा कुर्याच्चान्द्रायणमथावि वा

pramāpyākāmato vaiśyaṃ kuryāt saṃvatsaradvayam / gosahasraṃ sapādaṃ ca dadyād brahmahaṇo vratam / kṛcchrātikṛcchrau vā kuryāccāndrāyaṇamathāvi vā

Having killed a vaiśya unintentionally, he should perform (the penance) for two years, and should give a thousand cows and a quarter (more): the vow of a brahmin-slayer; or he should perform the Kṛcchra and Atikṛcchra, or else the Cāndrāyaṇa.

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KuP 2 32.46

संवत्सरं व्रतं कुर्याच्छूद्रं हत्वा प्रमादतः । गोसहस्रार्धपादं च दद्यात् तत्पापशान्तये

saṃvatsaraṃ vrataṃ kuryācchūdraṃ hatvā pramādataḥ / gosahasrārdhapādaṃ ca dadyāt tatpāpaśāntaye

Having killed a śūdra through negligence, he should perform the vow for a year, and should give half a quarter of a thousand cows for the appeasement of that sin.

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KuP 2 32.47

अष्टौ वर्षाणि षट् त्रीणि कुर्याद् ब्रह्महणो व्रतम् । हत्वा तु क्षत्रियं वैश्यं शूद्रं चैव यथाक्रमम्

aṣṭau varṣāṇi ṣaṭ trīṇi kuryād brahmahaṇo vratam / hatvā tu kṣatriyaṃ vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ caiva yathākramam

He should perform the vow of a brahmin-slayer for eight years, six, or three, having killed respectively a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, or a śūdra.

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KuP 2 32.48

निहत्य ब्राह्मणीं विप्रस्त्वष्टवर्षं व्रतं चरेत् । राजन्यां वर्षषट्कं तु वैश्यां संवत्सरत्रयम् । वत्सरेण विशुद्ध्येत शूद्रां हत्वा द्विजोत्तमः

nihatya brāhmaṇīṃ viprastvaṣṭavarṣaṃ vrataṃ caret / rājanyāṃ varṣaṣaṭkaṃ tu vaiśyāṃ saṃvatsaratrayam / vatsareṇa viśuddhyeta śūdrāṃ hatvā dvijottamaḥ

Having slain a brahmin woman, a brahmin should observe the vow for eight years; for a woman of the royal class, six years; for a vaiśya woman, three years; and having killed a śūdra woman, the best of the twice-born is purified in one year.

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KuP 2 32.49

वैश्यां हत्वा प्रमादेन किञ्चिद् दद्याद् द्विजातये । अन्त्यजानां वधे चैव कुर्याच्चान्द्रायणं व्रतम् । पराकेणाथवा शुद्धिरित्याह भगवानजः

vaiśyāṃ hatvā pramādena kiñcid dadyād dvijātaye / antyajānāṃ vadhe caiva kuryāccāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam / parākeṇāthavā śuddhirityāha bhagavānajaḥ

Having killed a vaiśya woman through negligence, he should give something to a twice-born; and in the killing of persons of the lowest classes he should perform the Cāndrāyaṇa vow, or else purification is by the Parāka—so said the lord Aja (the Unborn).

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KuP 2 32.50

मण्डूकं नकुलं काकं दन्दशूकं च मूषिकम् । श्वानं हत्वा द्विजः कुर्यात् षोडशांशं व्रतं ततः

maṇḍūkaṃ nakulaṃ kākaṃ dandaśūkaṃ ca mūṣikam / śvānaṃ hatvā dvijaḥ kuryāt ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ vrataṃ tataḥ

Having killed a frog, a mongoose, a crow, a biting snake, a mouse, or a dog, a twice-born should then perform a sixteenth part of the vow.

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KuP 2 32.51

पयः पिबेत् त्रिरात्रं तु श्वानं हत्वा सुयन्त्रितः । मार्जारं वाथ नकुलं योजनं वाध्वनो व्रजेत् । कृच्छ्रं द्वादशरात्रं तु कुर्यादश्ववधे द्विजः

payaḥ pibet trirātraṃ tu śvānaṃ hatvā suyantritaḥ / mārjāraṃ vātha nakulaṃ yojanaṃ vādhvano vrajet / kṛcchraṃ dvādaśarātraṃ tu kuryādaśvavadhe dvijaḥ

Having killed a dog, well restrained, he should drink milk for three nights; (having killed) a cat or a mongoose, he should travel a yojana of road; and a twice-born should perform the twelve-night kṛcchra for the killing of a horse.

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KuP 2 32.52

अभ्रीं कार्ष्णायसीं दद्यात् सर्पं हत्वा द्विजोत्तमः । पलालभारं षण्डं च सैसकं चैकमाषकम्

abhrīṃ kārṣṇāyasīṃ dadyāt sarpaṃ hatvā dvijottamaḥ / palālabhāraṃ ṣaṇḍaṃ ca saisakaṃ caikamāṣakam

Having killed a snake, the best of the twice-born should give a spade of black iron; (for killing) a eunuch, a load of straw; and one māṣaka of lead.

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KuP 2 32.53

धृतकुम्भं वराहं च तिलद्रोणं च तित्तिरिम् । शुकं द्विहायनं वत्सं क्रौञ्चं हत्वा त्रिहायनम्

dhṛtakumbhaṃ varāhaṃ ca tiladroṇaṃ ca tittirim / śukaṃ dvihāyanaṃ vatsaṃ krauñcaṃ hatvā trihāyanam

(He should give) a pot of ghee for a boar, and a droṇa of sesame for a partridge; a two-year-old calf for killing a parrot, and a three-year-old for a krauñca-bird.

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KuP 2 32.54

हत्वा हंसं बलाकां च बकं बर्हिणमेव च । वानरं श्येनभासौ च स्पर्शयेद् ब्राह्मणाय गाम्

hatvā haṃsaṃ balākāṃ ca bakaṃ barhiṇameva ca / vānaraṃ śyenabhāsau ca sparśayed brāhmaṇāya gām

Having killed a goose, a crane, a heron, or a peacock, a monkey, a falcon or a bhāsa-bird, he should hand over a cow to a brahmin.

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KuP 2 32.55

क्रव्यादांस्तु मृगान् हत्वा धेनुं दद्यात् पयस्विनीम् । अक्रव्यादान् वत्सतरीमुष्ट्रं हत्वा तु कृष्णलम्

kravyādāṃstu mṛgān hatvā dhenuṃ dadyāt payasvinīm / akravyādān vatsatarīmuṣṭraṃ hatvā tu kṛṣṇalam

Having killed flesh-eating wild animals, he should give a milch cow; for those that are not flesh-eating, a young heifer; and having killed a camel, a kṛṣṇala (of gold).

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KuP 2 32.56

किञ्चिदेव तु विप्राय दद्यादस्थिमतां वधे । अनस्थ्नां चैव हिंसायां प्राणायामेन शुध्यति

kiñcideva tu viprāya dadyādasthimatāṃ vadhe / anasthnāṃ caiva hiṃsāyāṃ prāṇāyāmena śudhyati

But for the killing of creatures that have bones he should give something or other to a brahmin; and in the injuring of boneless ones he is purified by a breath-restraint.

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KuP 2 32.57

फलदानां तु वृक्षाणां छेदने जप्यमृक्शतम् । गुल्मवल्लीलतानां तु पुष्पितानां च वीरुधाम्

phaladānāṃ tu vṛkṣāṇāṃ chedane japyamṛkśatam / gulmavallīlatānāṃ tu puṣpitānāṃ ca vīrudhām

But in the cutting down of fruit-bearing trees, a hundred Ṛg-verses are to be recited; and (likewise) of bushes, creepers, vines, and flowering plants.

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KuP 2 32.58

अन्येषां चैव वृक्षाणां सरसानां च सर्वशः । फलपुष्पोद्भवानां च घृतप्राशो विशोधनम्

anyeṣāṃ caiva vṛkṣāṇāṃ sarasānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ / phalapuṣpodbhavānāṃ ca ghṛtaprāśo viśodhanam

And for other trees, and for sappy ones in every case, and for those that bear fruit and flowers, the swallowing of ghee is the purification.

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KuP 2 32.59

हस्तिनां च वधे दृष्टं तप्तकृच्छ्रं विशोधनम् । चान्द्रायणं पराकं वा गां हत्वा तु प्रमादतः । मतिपूर्वं वधे चास्याः प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते

hastināṃ ca vadhe dṛṣṭaṃ taptakṛcchraṃ viśodhanam / cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ vā gāṃ hatvā tu pramādataḥ / matipūrvaṃ vadhe cāsyāḥ prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate

And for the killing of elephants the hot penance (taptakṛcchra) is prescribed as purification; but for one who has killed a cow through negligence, the cāndrāyaṇa or the parāka; and if she is killed deliberately, there is no expiation.

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