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Expiatory rites - Verse 5

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 32 · Verse 5

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Sanskrit Original

गृहीत्वा मुसलं राजा सकृद हन्यात ततः स्वयम। वधे तु शुद्ध्यते स्तेनो ब्राह्मणस्तपसैव वा।।

gṛhītvā musalaṃ rājā sakṛd hanyāt tataḥ svayam| vadhe tu śuddhyate steno brāhmaṇastapasaiva vā||

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The king should take a threshing rod and should him¬ self strike him with it once. Ordinary thief becomes pure on being killed and a Brahmana by means of penance.