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LIV, 29. PENANCES. I yg
sins by performing three (Pra^apatya)
penances.
26. Those twice-born men, by whom the Gayatri
has not been repeated (and the other initiatory cere-
monies performed), as the law directs, must be made
to perform three (Pra^apatya) penances and must
be initiated according to custom.
27. Those twice-born men who are anxious to
make an atonement for having committed an illegal
act1, or for having neglected the study of the Veda,
must be made to perform the same penance.
28. Those Brahma;zas who have acquired pro-
perty by base acts (such as living by the occupations
of a lower caste, or accepting unlawful presents)
become free from sin by relinquishing it, and by
muttering (Veda texts) and practising austerities.
29. For omitting one of the regular acts enjoined
in the revealed (and traditional) law, and for a breach
of the rules laid down for a Snataka1, a fast is or-
dained as atonement.
it as a sacrifice extending over two days or more; Kulluka (ibid.)
states that it lasts three days or more, and that it is said in the
Veda to cause impurity. See also Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 355.
26. The recitation and repetition of the Gayatri is one of the
chief elements of the ceremony of initiation. The words with
which the pupil must address his teacher on this occasion are
given by Nand.; they are quoted from Ajv. I, 21, 4, and Nafikh.
II, 5, io-ii. See also Gaut. I, 46, with Dr. Buhler’s note.
27. 1 ‘I.e. Brahmazzas and others who have gained their livelihood
(in times of distress) by such occupations as are lawful for other
castes only, and who, when the times of distress are over, wish to
atone for those actions.’ (Nand.)
29. 1 Regarding the meaning of this term, see above, XXVIII,
42, note. The rules to be observed by a Snataka are given in
Chapter LXXI.
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sins by performing three (Pra^apatya)
penances.
26. Those twice-born men, by whom the Gayatri
has not been repeated (and the other initiatory cere-
monies performed), as the law directs, must be made
to perform three (Pra^apatya) penances and must
be initiated according to custom.
27. Those twice-born men who are anxious to
make an atonement for having committed an illegal
act1, or for having neglected the study of the Veda,
must be made to perform the same penance.
28. Those Brahma;zas who have acquired pro-
perty by base acts (such as living by the occupations
of a lower caste, or accepting unlawful presents)
become free from sin by relinquishing it, and by
muttering (Veda texts) and practising austerities.
29. For omitting one of the regular acts enjoined
in the revealed (and traditional) law, and for a breach
of the rules laid down for a Snataka1, a fast is or-
dained as atonement.
it as a sacrifice extending over two days or more; Kulluka (ibid.)
states that it lasts three days or more, and that it is said in the
Veda to cause impurity. See also Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 355.
26. The recitation and repetition of the Gayatri is one of the
chief elements of the ceremony of initiation. The words with
which the pupil must address his teacher on this occasion are
given by Nand.; they are quoted from Ajv. I, 21, 4, and Nafikh.
II, 5, io-ii. See also Gaut. I, 46, with Dr. Buhler’s note.
27. 1 ‘I.e. Brahmazzas and others who have gained their livelihood
(in times of distress) by such occupations as are lawful for other
castes only, and who, when the times of distress are over, wish to
atone for those actions.’ (Nand.)
29. 1 Regarding the meaning of this term, see above, XXVIII,
42, note. The rules to be observed by a Snataka are given in
Chapter LXXI.
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