History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.385

v5.c71.s1.385

The penances for *upapātakas* must now be briefly dealt with. The number of upapātakas is very large and it is of no practical importance to deal with each of them separately First of all, some general rules about them will be stated and a few of them that are of some importance will be dealt with individually. The Sāmavidhāna ²⁴³ Br. (I. 5.14) states that on committing several upapātakas a man becomes pure by reciting thrice the whole of the veda while fasting. Manu XI. 117, Yāj. III. 265, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 37 35 prescribe that purification from all classes of upapātakas (except the sin of the *avakīrṇin*) is effected by the same penances that are prescribed for *govadha* or by *cāndrāyaṇa* or by subsisting on milk alone for a month or by *Parāka* or *Gosava*. The digests prescribe that Parāka is meant for him who is strong enough to undertake it, Cāndrāyaṇa for him who is weak, Gosava for him who repeatedly commits the same upapātaka or is guilty of several at the same time (vide Pr. Prakāśa, folio 122 a).