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# Agnipurana 173.2

Agnipurāṇa 173.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [173.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.173.2)

rāgād dveṣāt pramādācca svataḥ parata eva vā /  
brāhmaṇaṃ ghātayedyastu sa bhavedbrahmaghātakaḥ //

> Whether from passion, hatred, or negligence, directly by oneself or through another, / he who causes a brāhmaṇa to be slain is a slayer of a brāhmaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.173.2) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.173.2) — Sanskrit

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