manusmriti

LAWS OF MANU
183. The Sapindas and Samanodakas of an outcast must offer (a libation of)
water (to him, as if he were dead), outside (the village), on an inauspicious day, in the
evening and in the presence of the relatives, officiating priests, and teachers.
184. A female slave shall upset with her foot a pot filled with water, as if it were
for a dead person; (his Sapindas) as well as the Samanodakas shall be impure for a
day and a night;
185. But thenceforward it shall be forbidden to converse with him, to sit with him,
to give him a share of the inheritance, and to hold with him such intercourse as is
usual among men;
186. And (if he be the eldest) his right of primogeniture shall be withheld and the
additional share, due to the eldest son; and his stead a younger brother, excelling in
virtue, shall obtain the share of the eldest.
187. But when he has performed his penance, they shall bathe with him in a holy
pool and throw down a new pot, filled with water.
188. But he shall throw that pot into water, enter his house and perform, as
before, all the duties incumbent on a relative.
189. Let him follow the same rule in the case of female outcasts; but clothes,
food, and drink shall be given to them, and they shall live close to the (family-) house.
190. Let him not transact any business with unpurified sinners; but let him in no
way reproach those who have made atonement.
191. Let him not dwell together with the murderers of children, with those who
have returned evil for good, and with the slayers of suppliants for protection or of
women, though they may have been purified according to the sacred law.
192. Those twice-born men who may not have been taught the Savitri (at the
time) prescribed by the rule, he shall cause to perform three Krikkhra (penances) and
afterwards initiate them in accordance with the law.
193. Let him prescribe the same (expiation) when twice-born men, who follow
forbidden occupations or have neglected (to learn) the Veda, desire to perform a
penance.
194. If Brahmanas acquire property by a reprehensible action, they become pure
by relinquishing it, muttering prayers, and (performing) austerities.
195. By muttering with a concentrated mind the Savitri three thousand times,
(dwelling) for a month in a cow-house, (and) subsisting on milk, (a man) is freed from
(the guilt of) accepting presents from a wicked man.
196. But when he returns from the cow-house, emaciated with his fast, and
reverently salutes, (the Brahmanas) shall ask him, ‘Friend, dost thou desire to
become our equal?’
197. If he answers to the Brahmanas, ‘Forsooth, (I will not offend again), ‘he shall
scatter (some) grass for the cows; if the cows hallow that place (by eating the grass)
the (Brahmana) shall re-admit him (into their community).
198. He who has sacrificed for Vratyas, or has performed the obsequies of
strangers, or a magic sacrifice (intended to destroy life) or an Ahina sacrifice,
removes (his guilt) by three Krikkhra (penances).
199. A twice-born man who has cast off a suppliant for protection, or has
(improperly) divulged the Veda, atones for his offence, if he subsists during a year on
barley.
200. He who has been bitten by a dog, a jackal, or a donkey, by a tame
carnivorous animal, by a man, a horse, a camel, or a (village-) pig, becomes pure by
suppressing his breath (Pranayama).
201. To eat during a month at each sixth mealtime (only), to recite the Samhita
(of a Veda), and (to perform) daily the Sakala oblations, are the means of purifying
those excluded from society at repasts (Apanktya).
202. A Brahmana who voluntarily rode in a carriage drawn by camels or by
asses, and he who bathed naked, become pure by suppressing his breath
(Pranayama).
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