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# Apastambasmriti 4.3

Āpastambasmṛti 4.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.4.3)

caretsāntapanaṃ vipraḥ prājāpatyantu bhūmipaḥ  
tadarddhantu caredvaiśyaḥ pādaṃ śūdrasya dāpayet

> A Brahmin should perform a sāntapana penance, a king a prājāpatya penance, / a Vaiśya should perform half of that, and one should assign a quarter to a Śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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