Sūta said: The sin resulting from contact with the sinner is equal to the sin of the original sinner. Still by repeating the mantra ten thousand times he is liberated from sin. The person imbibing sin by the contact with the sinner shall repeat the mantra a hundred thousand times if done mentally; if done in low tones four times that number; if in high tones eight times that number. It is enjoined that persons guilty of subsidiary sins need repeat the mantra only half the number enjoined for the main sinner; half that number if the sin is committed unconsciously. O brahmins, if a brahmin sinner commits the sin of brahmin slaughter, liquor drinking, theft of gold or defiling the preceptor’s bed he should do as follows: