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The Law Code of Devala 7.7: Madanapārijāta · Prāyaścitta · Smṛtiviveka +1

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 7.7

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Sanskrit

7.7

yat syād anabhisaṃdhāya pāpakarma sakṛt kṛtam | tasyeyaṃ niṣkṛtiḥ proktā dharmavidbhir manīṣibhiḥ || vidheḥ prāthamikād asmād dvitīye dviguṇaṃ smṛtam | tṛtīye triguṇaṃ kṛcchraṃ caturthe nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

If what is undrinkable has been drunk, and what is inedible has been eaten, / and intercourse with an illicit woman has been performed by a Brahmin carried off by Mlecchas,

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For a sinful act done once without intent, this atonement is declared by the wise who know dharma; for a second time, double this first rule; for a third, a threefold Kṛcchra; for a fourth there is no atonement.

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