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# Apastambasmriti 3.12

Āpastambasmṛti 3.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.3.12)

sampādayanti yadviprāḥ snānatīrthaṃ phalañca tat  
samyakkartturapāpaṃ syādvṛtī ca phalamāpnuyāt

> What Brahmins bring about is both a sacred bathing-place and its fruit; / the performer would become completely free from sin, and the observer of the vow obtains the fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.3.12.p1)

ityāpastambīye dharmaśāstre tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the third chapter in the Dharmaśāstra of Āpastamba.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.3.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Āpastambasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.apastambasamhita.66) — Sanskrit

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