Narration of Expiatory rites ( continued) - Verse 37
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 33 · Verse 37
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Sanskrit Original
चाण्डालकूपभाण्डेषु यदि ज्ञानात पिबेज्जलम। चरेत सांतपनं कृच्छ्रं ब्राह्मणः पापशोधनम।।
cāṇḍālakūpabhāṇḍeṣu yadi jñānāt pibejjalam| caret sāṃtapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pāpaśodhanam||
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Drinking of ghee is the expiatory rite for the sins of cutting hedges, creepers and turning plants, flower-laden plants and trees, of killing birds of all types and the living beings born of sweat and destroying the outcome of fruits and flowers. 38b-39. On killing elephants, the expiatory rite is Taptakrcchra. On killing a cow due to mistake, the expiatory rite is Candrayana or Paraka. There is no atonement if the cow is killed wantonly.