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# Citikanda 40.3

Citikāṇḍa 40.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.40.3)

te ce̱tayamānāḥ | ( ' ) etā 'iṣṭa̍kā 'apaśya̱nnairṛtīstā 'upādadhata  
tābhistattamaḥ pāpmāna̍mapāghnata pāpmā vai nirṛtistadyadetābhiḥ pāpmānaṃ  
nirṛtimapāghnata tasmādetā nairṛtyaḥ

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