Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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ÂPASTAMBA.
I, 9, 25.
PRASNA I, PATALA 9, KHANDA 25. 1. He who has had connection with a Guru's wife shall cut off his organ together with the testicles, take them into his joined hands and walk towards the south without stopping, until he falls down dead.
2. Or he may die embracing a heated metal image of a woman.
3. A drinker of spirituous liquor shall drink exceedingly hot liquor so that he dies.
4. A thief shall go to the king with flying hair, carrying a club on his shoulder, and tell him his deed. He (the king) shall give him a blow with that (club). If the thief dies, his sin is expiated.
5. If he is forgiven (by the king), the guilt falls upon him who forgives him,
6. Or he may throw himself into the fire, or perform repeatedly severe austerities,
7. Or he may kill himself by diminishing daily his portion of food,
8. Or he may perform Krikkhra penances (uninterruptedly) for one year.
purified) is "connection by being received as a son or other relation." '-Haradatta.
25. 1. Haradatta's explanation of a 'Guru's wife' by 'mother' rests on a comparison of similar passages from other Smritis, where a different penance' is prescribed for incestuous intercourse with other near relations. Manu XI, 105; Yâgñ. III, 259.
2. Manu XI, 104; Yâgñ. III, 259. 3. Manu XI, 91, 92 ; Yâgñ. III, 253.
4. I.e. who has stolen the gold of a Brâhmana. Manu VIII, 314, 316; XI, 99-101; Yågñ. III, 257. 5. Manu VIII, 317.
6. Manu XI, 102. 8. According to Haradatta this Sätra refers to all kinds of sins,
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