Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

Page 1875

XXI, 23.
PENANCES.
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drinks spirituous liquor. No purification is prescribed for the half which has fallen.
16. If a Brâhmana unintentionally commits adultery with the wife of a Brâhmana, (he shall perform) a Krikkhra penance in case (the husband) fulfils the religious duties (of his caste), and an Atikrikkhra penance in case (the husband) does not fulfil his religious duties.
17. The same (penances are prescribed) for Kshatriyas and Vaisyas (for adultery with women of their respective castes).
18. If he kills a cow, let him perform, during six months, a Krikkhra or a Taptakrikkhra, dressed in the raw hide of that (cow).
19. The rule for these two (penances is as follows):
20. During three days he eats in the day-time (only), and during the (next) three days at night (only), he subsists during (another) period of three days on food offered without asking, and (finally) he fasts during three days. That is a Krikkhra penance.
21. Let him drink hot water during three days; let him drink hot milk during the (next) three days; after drinking during (another) period of three days hot clarified butter, he shall subsist on air during the (last) three days.' That is a Taptakrikkhra penance.
22. And he shall give (to a Brâhmana) a bull and a cow.
23. Now they quote also (the following verse): * Through killing a spotted deer, a he-goat, and
16. Vishnu LIII, 2. 18. Vishnu L, 16-24; Gautama XXII, 18. 20. Vishnu XLVI, 10.
21. Vishnu XLVI, 11. 23. The above translation follows the commentary of Krishna
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