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ÂPASTAMBA.
I, 9, 24.
8. Likewise he who has destroyed an embryo of a (Brâhmana, even though its sex be) undistinguishable,
9. Or a woman (of the Brâhmana caste) during her courses.
10. (Now follows) the penance for him (who is an Abhisasta).
11. He (himself) shall erect a hut in the forest, restrain his speech, carry (on his stick) the skull (of the person slain) like a flag, and cover the space from his navel to his knees with a quarter of a piece of hempen cloth.
12. The path for him when he goes to a village, is the space between the tracks (of the wheels).
13. And if he sees another (Arya), he shall step out of the road (to the distance of two yards).
14. He shall go to the village, carrying a broken tray of metal of an inferior quality.
15. He may go to seven houses only, (crying) Who will give alms to an Abhisasta ?'
16. That is (the way in which he must gain) his livelihood.
17. If he does not obtain anything (at the seven houses), he must fast.
18. And (whilst performing this penance) he must tend cows.
19. When they leave and enter the village, that is the second occasion (on which he may enter) the village.
9. Others interpret âtreyî,“ during her courses,” by "belonging to the race of Atri.”'—Haradatta.
11. Others say that he may carry the skull of any corpse. This Sätra is to be construed with Sūtra 14, Satras 12 and 13 being inserted parenthetically.-Haradatta. Manu XI, 72-78; Yâgñ. III, 243.
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