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small, must mutter during a year the Rik-verse 'May we remove thy anger, O Varuna,' &c., or 'Whatever offence here, O Varuna,' &c.
PENANCES FOR SECRET SINS.
254. That man who, having accepted presents which ought not to be accepted, or having eaten forbidden food, mutters the Taratsamandiya (Rikas), becomes pure after three days.
255. But he who has committed many sins, becomes pure, if he recites during a month the (four verses) addressed to Soma and Rudra, and the three verses (beginning) 'Aryaman, Varuna, and Mitra,' while he bathes in a river.
256. A grievous offender shall mutter the seven verses (beginning with) 'Indra,' for half a year; but he who has committed any blamable act in water, shall subsist during a month on food obtained by begging.
257. A twice-born man removes even very great guilt by offering clarified butter with the sacred texts belonging to the Sâkala-homas, or by muttering the Rik, (beginning) 'Adoration.'
258. He who is stained by mortal sin, becomes pure, if, with a concentrated mind, he attends cows for a year, reciting the Pâvamânî (hymns) and subsisting on alms.
254. Gaut. XXIV, 2-3; Baudh. IV, 2, 4-5. The verses are found Rig-veda IX, 58, 1-4.
255. The verses are found Rig-veda VI, 74, 1-4, and IV, 2, 4-6.
256. The verses are found Rig-veda I, 106, 1-7.
257. The Mantras for the Sâkala-homas, i. e. Vâg. Samh. VIII, 13. The verse is found Rig-veda VI, 51, 8. According to Nâr. the Mantras must be muttered 108 times.
258. The Pâvamânî hymns, i. e. the ninth Mandala of the Rigveda.
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