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## Translation:
**Composed by Somasen Bhattaraka.** If two women of the same caste fast for two days and eat together in one line, they become pure after three days of fasting. This atonement should be understood in the context of women of the same caste who are menstruating, as the atonement for women of different castes is mentioned later.
**The atonement for two women of the same caste touching each other is as follows:**
**1.** If two women of the same caste who are menstruating touch each other, both of them should purify themselves by bathing, fasting, and taking scented water.
**25.** If a menstruating woman of a higher caste interacts with a menstruating woman of a lower caste, the higher caste woman should purify herself by fasting for one more day than the atonement mentioned above.
**26.** If menstruating women of different castes (varna) interact with each other, sit together, and eat in one line, the higher caste woman should purify herself by fasting for one more day than the atonement mentioned above.
**Meaning:** If a menstruating Brahmin woman interacts with a menstruating Kshatriya woman, or a menstruating Kshatriya woman interacts with a menstruating Vaishya woman, or a menstruating Vaishya woman interacts with a menstruating Shudra woman, the Brahmin, Kshatriya, and Vaishya women should purify themselves by fasting for two days. To purify themselves from sitting together, they should fast for three days, and to purify themselves from eating in one line, they should fast for four days.
**27.** The purification of the lower caste woman should be done by fasting for one, two, or three days, and by giving charity. If both menstruating women belong to the same gotra, their purification should be done by fasting for one, two, or three days as mentioned earlier.
**Meaning:** If a menstruating woman of a higher caste touches a menstruating woman of a lower caste, the atonement for the higher caste woman is mentioned in the previous verses. The first part of this verse mentions the atonement for the lower caste woman, and the second part mentions the atonement for women of the same gotra.
**The atonement for touching each other based on the caste hierarchy is as follows:**
**2.** If a menstruating Brahmin woman and a menstruating Kshatriya woman touch each other, the Brahmin woman should fast for two days and the Kshatriya woman should fast for one day.
**3.** If a menstruating Brahmin woman and a menstruating Vaishya woman touch each other, the Brahmin woman should fast for three days and the Vaishya woman should fast for one day.
**1.** If two women of the same caste who are menstruating touch each other, both of them should purify themselves by bathing, fasting, and taking scented water.
**2.** If a menstruating Brahmin woman and a menstruating Kshatriya woman touch each other, the Brahmin woman should fast for two days and the Kshatriya woman should fast for one day.
**3.** If a menstruating Brahmin woman and a menstruating Vaishya woman touch each other, the Brahmin woman should fast for three days and the Vaishya woman should fast for one day.