Expiatory rites - Verse 8
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 32 · Verse 8
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Sanskrit Original
शासनाद वा विमोक्षाद वा स्तेनः स्तेयाद विमुच्यते। अशासित्वा तु तं राजास्तेनस्याप्नोति किल्बिषम।।
śāsanād vā vimokṣād vā stenaḥ steyād vimucyate| aśāsitvā tu taṃ rājāstenasyāpnoti kilbiṣam||
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Either by chastisement or through release the thief is liberated of the sin of theft. By not chastising him, the king- incurs the sin of the thief.