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# Agnipurana 173.7

Agnipurāṇa 173.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [173.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.173.7)

gavārthe brāhmaṇārthe vā sadyaḥ prāṇān parityajet /  
prāsyedātmānamagnau vā mucyate brahmahatyayā //

> For the sake of cows or for the sake of a brāhmaṇa, one should instantly surrender one's life, / or cast oneself into fire: one is freed from the killing 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.173.7) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.173.7) — Sanskrit

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