[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Angirasasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras) › 2.11 # Angirasasmriti 2.11: ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ Āṅgirasasmṛti 2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.11) — 1 part ### ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [2.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.1) upapātakarmasakto goghno muñjīta yāvakam / akṣāralavaṇaṃ rūkṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhe kāle 'sya bhojanam // > Involved in a minor sin, a cow-killer should eat barley gruel; / his food shall be free of alkali and salt, coarse, at the sixth mealtime. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.2) kṛtāvāpo vane goṣṭhe carmaṇā tena saṃvṛtaḥ / dvau māsau snānamabhyaṅgaṃ gomūtreṇa vidhīyate // > Having shaved his hair, covered with that hide in the forest or in a cowpen, / bathing and anointing with cow urine is prescribed for two months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.3) pādaśaucakriyā kāryā adbhiḥ kurvīta kevalam / vrativaddhārayedaṇḍaṃ samantrāṃ mekhalāṃ tathā // > The act of washing his feet must be done; he should do it with water alone; / like an observer of vows, he should hold a staff and wear a girdle with mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.4) gāścaivānuvrajennityaṃ rajastāsāṃ sadā pibet / tiṣṭhantīṣvanutiṣṭhecca vrajantīṣvapyanuvrajet // > He should constantly follow cows, and always swallow their dust; / he should stand when they stand, and follow when they walk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.5) śuśrūṣitvā namaskṛtvā rātrau vīrāsanaṃ vaset / gomatīṃ ca japedvidvān okāraṃ vedameva ca // > Having served them and bowed down, he should spend the night in the hero's posture; / and the wise man should mutter the Gomatī hymn, the syllable Oṃ, and the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.6) āturāmabhiśastāṃ vā coravyāghrādibhirbhayaiḥ / patitāṃ paṅkalagnāṃ vā sarvaprāṇairvimokṣayet // > Afflicted, or accused, or endangered by thieves, tigers, and other perils, / fallen or stuck in mud, he should free \[her\] with all his strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.7) uṣṇe varṣati śīte vā mārute vāti vā bhṛśam / na kurvītātmanastrāṇaṃ gorakṛtvā svaśaktitaḥ // > In heat, when it rains, in cold, or when the wind blows violently, / he should not protect himself without having protected the cow according to his ability. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.8) ātmano yadi vānyeṣāṃ gṛhekṣetre 'thavā khale / bhakṣayantīṃ na kathayet pibantaṃ caiva vatsakam // > Whether in his own or others' house, field, or threshing floor, / he should not announce \[a cow\] that is eating, nor a calf that is drinking. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.9) anena vidhinā goghno yastu gā anugacchati / sa gohatyātmakāt pāpān mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ // > The cow-killer who follows cows according to this rule / is freed from the sin consisting of cow-slaughter; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.10) ṛṣabhaikādaśā gāśca dadyātsucaritavrataḥ / avidyamāne sarvasvaṃ vedavidbhyo nivedayet // > Having well performed the observance, he should give eleven cows with a bull; / if \[they are\] not available, he should offer all his possessions to those learned in the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.11) eteṣāṃ vihitaṃ puṇyaṃ kṛcchramaṅgirasā svayam / dharmavidbhiranūcānair upapātakanāśanam // > This sacred penance, which destroys minor sins, / was prescribed by Aṅgiras himself for those who know religious duty and are versed in the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11.11.p1) ityāṅgirasadharmaśāstre govadhaprāyaścittaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, entitled “Expiation for Cow-Slaughter,” in the Treatise on Religious Duty of Aṅgiras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras~en-mt.2.11.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.112) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Parāśarasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.parasara.8.32) — Parāśara, Sanskrit - [Prāyaścittamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.bhatta.prayascittamayukha.8.19) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.11) · Pramāṇa