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II, 1, 1.
5. Or he may bathe (with the priests) on the completion of a horse-sacrifice (offered by somebody else).
6. Now they quote also (the following verses): 'He who unintentionally slays a Brâhmana becomes sinful according to the sacred law. The sages declare that he may be purified (if he did it) unintentionally. But no expiation is found for a wilful murderer.'
7. 'He who has raised his hand (against a Brâhmana), shall perform a Krikkhra penance, an Atikrikkhra penance if he strikes, a Krikkhra and a Kândrayana if blood flows. Therefore let him neither raise his hand nor cause blood to flow.'
8. (For killing) a Kshatriya (he shall keep the normal vow of continence) during nine years,
9. (For killing) a Vaisya during three (years), 10. (For killing) a Sudra during one year, 11. Likewise for killing a woman.
12. (The penance for killing) a woman who has bathed after temporary uncleanness (is) the same (as that) for (the murder of) a Brâhmana.
5. Gautama XXII, 9.
6. Manu XI, 90. 7. Yâgñavalkya III, 293. Regarding the penances named, see Vasishtha XXI, 20, XXIV, 1-2, XXIII, 45, and below, II, 1, 2, 38, IV, 5, 6.
8-10. Vasishtha XX, 31-33. The words shall keep the normal vow of continence' have been inserted in accordance with Govinda's explanation, which apparently is based on Gautama XXII, 14. But it is also possible that Baudhâyana, like Vishnu (L, 15) and others, may have intended murderers of Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, &c., too, to perform the penance prescribed above, Sūtra 4, only for shorter periods.
11. Gautama XXII, 17. Govinda is of opinion that the word ka, likewise,' is intended to include worthless' Kshatriyas and Vaisyas.
12. Vasishtha XX, 34-35.
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