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# Agnipurana 253.3

Agnipurāṇa 253.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [253.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.253.3)

hīnajātiṃ parikṣīṇamṛṇārthaṃ karma kārayet /  
brāhmaṇastu parikṣīṇaḥ śanair dāpyo yathodayam //

> One of lower caste who is impoverished should be made to perform labour for the debt; / but an impoverished brāhmaṇa must be made to pay gradually, according to his income.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.253.3) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.253.3) — Sanskrit

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