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# Agnipurana 158.40

Agnipurāṇa 158.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.158.40)

ātmaghātī caikalakṣaṃ vasetsa narake śucau /  
vṛddhaḥ śrautasmṛterluptaḥ parityajati yastvasūn //

> such a suicide will dwell for one hundred thousand \[years\] in a terrifying hell. / An elderly person, whose Vedic and traditional duties have lapsed, who abandons his life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.158.40) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.158.40) — Sanskrit

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