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and of the syllable Om, purify, if they are repeated daily, after a month even the murderer of a learned Brâhmana.
250. Even a drinker of (the spirituous liquor called) Surâ becomes pure, if he mutters the hymn (seen) by Kutsa, 'Removing by thy splendour our guilt, О Agni,' &c., (that seen) by Vasishtha, 'With their hymns the Vasishthas woke the Dawn,' &c., the Mâhitra (hymn) and (the verses called) Suddhavatfs.
251. Even he who has stolen gold, instantly becomes free from guilt, if he once mutters (the hymn beginning with the words) 'The middlemost brother of this beautiful, ancient Hotri-priest' and the Sivasamkalpa.
252. The violator of a Guru's bed is freed (from sin), if he repeatedly recites the Havishpântiya (hymn), (that beginning) Neither anxiety nor misfortune,' (and that beginning) 'Thus, verily, thus,' and mutters the hymn addressed to Purusha.
253. He who desires to expiate sins great or explanation of the words 'accompanied by (the recitation of) the Vyâhritis and (of) the syllable Om' is Når.'s, who asserts that they indicate the necessity of reciting the Gayatri with the Siras text during the performance of each Prânâyâma; see Vas. XXV, 13.
250. Vas. XXVI, 5. The hymn seen by Kutsa, i. e. Rig-veda I, 97; that seen by Vasishtha, i.e. Rig-veda VII, 80. The Mâhitra hymn, i.e. Rig-veda X, 185. The Suddhavatîs, i.e. Rig-veda VIII, 84, 7-9. Medh., Gov., Nâr., and K. read mahendram for mahitram, and När. adds that some give the latter reading. The hymns are to be recited during a month sixteen times (Gov., Kull., Râgh:), or 108 times a day (Nár.).
251. Vas. XXVI, 6. The hymn is found Rig-veda I, 164; the Sivasamkalpa, Vâg. Samh. XXXIV, 1. "Once,' i. e. 'once daily during a month' (Gov., Kull., Nár.).
252. Vas. XXVI, 7; Yagñ. III, 305. The four hymns are Rigveda X, 88; X, 126; X, 119; and X, 90.
253. The two verses are found Rig-veda I, 24, 14, and VII, 89, 5.
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