XLVI, 9.
PENANCES.
149
29. The breaker of a vow of chastity, swelled
legs ;
30. One who deprives another of his subsist-
ence, shall be poor;
31. One who injures another (without provoca-
tion), shall have an incurable illness.
32. Thus, according to their particular acts, are
men born, marked by evil signs, sick, blind, hump-
backed, halting, one-eyed ;
33. Others as dwarfs, or deaf, or dumb, feeble-
bodied (eunuchs, whitlows, and others). Therefore
must penances be performed by all means.
XLVI.
1. Now follow the penances.
2. Let a man fast for three days ;
3. And let him perform each day the three ablu-
tions (at dawn, noon, and sunset);
4. And let him, at every ablution, plunge into the
water three times;
5. And let him mutter the Aghamarshazza three
times, after having plunged into the water;
6. During day-time let him be standing;
7. At night let him continue in a sitting posi-
tion ;
8. At the close of the ceremony let him give a
milch cow (to a Brahmazza).
9. Thus1 has the penance Aghamarshazza been
described.
XLVI. 10, 11, 18, 19. M. XI, 212, 213, 215, 216.— 10, xi, 13,
18-20, 22, 23. Y. Ill, 315-323. — 10. Apast. I, 9, 27, 7. — 10,
11, 13. Gaut. XXIII, 2 ; XXVI, 1-5, 20. •— 24, 25. M. XI, 224,
225.
9. 1 Nand. thinks that the word iti,1 thus,’ has a double meaning
PENANCES.
149
29. The breaker of a vow of chastity, swelled
legs ;
30. One who deprives another of his subsist-
ence, shall be poor;
31. One who injures another (without provoca-
tion), shall have an incurable illness.
32. Thus, according to their particular acts, are
men born, marked by evil signs, sick, blind, hump-
backed, halting, one-eyed ;
33. Others as dwarfs, or deaf, or dumb, feeble-
bodied (eunuchs, whitlows, and others). Therefore
must penances be performed by all means.
XLVI.
1. Now follow the penances.
2. Let a man fast for three days ;
3. And let him perform each day the three ablu-
tions (at dawn, noon, and sunset);
4. And let him, at every ablution, plunge into the
water three times;
5. And let him mutter the Aghamarshazza three
times, after having plunged into the water;
6. During day-time let him be standing;
7. At night let him continue in a sitting posi-
tion ;
8. At the close of the ceremony let him give a
milch cow (to a Brahmazza).
9. Thus1 has the penance Aghamarshazza been
described.
XLVI. 10, 11, 18, 19. M. XI, 212, 213, 215, 216.— 10, xi, 13,
18-20, 22, 23. Y. Ill, 315-323. — 10. Apast. I, 9, 27, 7. — 10,
11, 13. Gaut. XXIII, 2 ; XXVI, 1-5, 20. •— 24, 25. M. XI, 224,
225.
9. 1 Nand. thinks that the word iti,1 thus,’ has a double meaning