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XXVI, 8. SECRET PENANCES.
127 he incurred during the day by deeds, thoughts, or speeches.
3. But standing during the morning prayer, he removes by (three) suppressions of his breath all guilt which he incurred during the night by deeds, thoughts, or speeches.
4. But sixteen suppressions of breath, accompanied by (the recitation of) the Vyâhritis and the syllable Om, repeated daily, purify after a month even the slayer of a learned Brahmana.
5. Even a drinker of spirituous liquor becomes pure, if he mutters the (hymn seen) by Kutsa, Apa nah sosukad agham,' and (the hymn seen) by Vasishtha (which begins with the word) 'Prati,' the Mâhitra (hymn), and the Suddhavatis.
6. Even he who has stolen gold becomes instantly free from guilt, if he once mutters (the hymn beginning with the words) 'Asya vâmasya' and the Sivasamkalpa.
7. The violator of a Guru's bed is freed (from sin) if he repeatedly recites the (hymn beginning) Havish pântam agaram’and that (beginning) ‘Na tam amhah' and mutters the hymn addressed to Purusha.
8. Or plunging into water he may thrice mutter the Aghamarshana. Manu has declared that the (effect is the) same as if he had gone to bathe at a horse-sacrifice.
4. Identical with Manu XI, 249; see also Vishnu LV, 2.
5. Identical with Manu XI, 250. The Vedic texts mentioned are Rig-veda I, 97, 1; VII, 80; X, 185; VIII, 84, 7-9.
6. Manu LI, 251. The Vedic texts alluded to are Rig-veda I, 164; and an Upanishad.
7. Identical with Manu XI, 252. The Vedic texts mentioned are Rig-veda X, 88; X, 126; X, 90.
8. Manu XI, 260-261; Vishnu LV, 7.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| 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 |