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# Apastambasmriti 4.8

Āpastambasmṛti 4.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.4.8)

etaireva yadā spṛṣṭaḥ prāyaścittaṃ kathaṃ bhavet  
bhojane ca trirātraṃ syātpāne tu tryahameva ca

> when one is touched by these very ones, how would the penance be? / In the case of eating, it would be a period of three nights, and in drinking, just three days;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.4.8) — English, machine translation

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