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# Apastambasmriti 5.1

Āpastambasmṛti 5.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5.1)

atha vaiśyāntyajaśvakākocchiṣṭabhojaneprāyaścittavarṇanam  
cāṇḍālena yadā spṛṣṭo dvijavarṇaḥ kadācana  
anabhyukṣya pivettoyaṃ prāyaścittaṃ kathaṃ bhavet

> Now the description of penance for eating the leavings of a Vaiśya, an outcaste, a dog, or a crow: / When a member of the twice-born classes is ever touched by a Cāṇḍāla, / and drinks water without sprinkling \[it\], how would the penance be?  
> — 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.5.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Āpastambasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.apastambasamhita.71) — Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.16.1) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭādaśasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.astadasasmrti.18.1) — Sanskrit

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