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Duties of an Ascetic - Verse 34

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 29 · Verse 34

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Sanskrit Original

अकस्मादेव हिंसां तु यदि भिक्षुः समाचरेत। कुर्यात्कृछ्रातिकृच्छ्रं तु चान्द्रायणमथापि वा।।

akasmādeva hiṃsāṃ tu yadi bhikṣuḥ samācaret| kuryātkṛchrātikṛcchraṃ tu cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā||

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If the mendicant ascetic commits violence acciden¬ tally he should perform the expiatory rite of Krcchratikrcchra or Candrayana.