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XI, 201.
PENANCES FOR MINOR OFFENCES.
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198. He who has sacrificed for Vrâtyas, or has performed the obsequies of strangers, or a magic sacrifice (intended to destroy life) or an Ahina sacrifice, removes (his guilt) by three Krikkhra (penances).
199. A twice-born man who has cast off a suppliant for protection, or has improperly) divulged the Veda, atones for his offence, if he subsists during a year on barley.
200. He who has been bitten by a dog, a jackal, or a donkey, by a tame carnivorous animal, by a man, a horse, a camel, or a (village-)pig, becomes pure by suppressing his breath (Prânâyâma).
201. To eat during a month at each sixth mealtime (only), to recite the Samhità (of a Veda), and (to perform) daily the Såkala oblations, are the means of purifying those excluded from society at repasts (A pânktya).
they shall re-admit at the bathing-place.' Nár. says it means vyavahâravartman. The translation follows Gov., Kull., and Râgh.
198. Âp. I, 26, 7; Vi. LIV, 25; Yâgñ. III, 289. Vrâtyas, see above, X, 20. 'A magic rite intended to destroy life),' i. e. 'a Syena sacrifice and the like.' The Ahina sacrifices are those lasting between two and twelve days; see Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 355. Medh. thinks that the rule refers to the person who offers the sacrifices (yagamâna), while others mentioned by him hold that it applies to the officiating priests.
199. Yâgñ. III, 289. Vedam viplavya, 'having improperly) divulged the Veda,' i.e. having taught people who ought not to be taught' (Medh., Gov., Kull., Nand.), means according to Nar. 'having improperly interpreted the Veda or perverted its sense by omitting Anusvâras, Visargas, and the like,' according to Râgh. having intentionally forgotten it.'
200. Gaut. XXIII, 7; Vas. XXIII, 31; Vi. LIV, 12; Yâgñ. III, 277. 'A tame carnivorous animal,' i.e. a cat, an ichneumon, and so forth' (Medh., Gov., Kull., Râgh.). Nár. reads agrâmyaik ('grâmyaih) kravyâdbhih, and gives as an instance a wolf.
201. Regarding the Apänktyas, elsewhere called Panktidůshanas,
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