History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.17

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Some more passages about *enas* are Ṛg VI 51 7 'May we not have to enjoy (i e suffer for) the *enas* committed by another and Ṛg VI. 51 8 'Whatever sin be committed by me I shall remove it by obeisance', Ṛg VI. 74 3 'O Soma and Rudra! Loosen from us and cast away from us whatever sin attaches to our person'; Ṛg VII 20 1 'Indra is our saviour even from a great sin'; vide also Ṛg I 189 1, II. 28 7, VII. 52 2 The word '*agha*', also seems to mean sin 'Apa nah śośucad-agham' (may our sins perish) is the refrain of Ṛg. I 97. 1-8. 'O gods! May your fetters and may sins (*aghāni*) be far away from us' (II 29 5, in which verse in the first half 'āgah' occurs), X 117 6 (kevalāgho bhavati kevalādī) 'one who simply eats food alone (without offering to others) reaps only sin'.