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XXIII, 35.
made by outcasts or Kandalas, they shall sit silent and fasting during three days;
35. Or if they repeat that (text of the Gâyatri) at least one thousand times, they become pure; thus it is stated in the Veda.
36. By this rule (the penance to be performed by) those who teach or sacrifice for vile men has been explained. It is declared in the Veda that they become pure by also relinquishing the fees (which they received).
37. By this same (rule the penance prescribed for) an Abhisasta, (one accused of a heinous crime,) has been explained.
38. (If he has been accused of) killing a learned Brâhmana, let him subsist during twelve days on water (only), and fast during (another) twelve days.
39. If he has falsely accused a Brâhmana of a crime which causes loss of caste, or of a minor offence which does not cause loss of caste, he shall subsist during a month on water (only), and constantly repeat the (Rikas called) Suddhavatis;
40. Or he may go to bathe (with the priests) at (the conclusion of) a horse-sacrifice.
41. By this (rule the penance for) intercourse with a female of the Kândâla caste has been declared.
42. Now (follows the description of) another Krikkhra penance, applicable to all (men), where (the rule given above) has been altered.
43. On one day (let him eat) in the morning (only), on the (following) day at night (only), on the (next) day food given without asking, and on the (fourth) day (let him) fast; the succeeding (three) periods of
36. Vishnu LIV, 25, 28. 38. Yâgñavalkya III, 287. 39. Yâgîiavalkya III, 286. 41. Vishnu LIII, 5, 6.
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