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5.89. Libations of water shall not be offered to those who (neglect the prescribed rites and may be said to) have<br />

been born in vain, to those born in consequence of an illegal mixture of the castes, to those who are ascetics (of<br />

heretical sects), and to those who have committed suicide,<br />

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5.90. To women who have joined a heretical sect, who through lust live (with many men), who have caused an<br />

abortion, have killed their husbands, or drink spirituous liquor.<br />

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5.91. A student does not break his vow by carrying out (to the place of cremation) his own dead teacher<br />

(akarya), sub-teacher (upadhyaya), father, mother, or Guru.<br />

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5.92. Let him carry out a dead Sudra by the southern gate of the town, but (the corpses of) twice-born men, as is<br />

proper, by the western, northern, or eastern (gates).<br />

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5.93. The taint of impurity does not fall on kings, and those engaged in the performance of a vow, or of a Sattra;<br />

for the (first are) seated on the throne of Indra, and the (last two are) ever pure like Brahman.<br />

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5.94. For a king, on the throne of magnanimity, immediate purification is prescribed, and the reason for that is<br />

that he is seated (there) for the protection of (his) subjects.<br />

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5.95. (The same rule applies to the kinsmen) of those who have fallen in a riot or a battle, (of those who have<br />

been killed) by lightning or by the king, and (of those who perished fighting) for cows and Brahmanas, and to<br />

those whom the king wishes (to be pure).<br />

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5.96. A king is an incarnation of the eight guardian deities of the world, the Moon, the Fire, the Sun, the Wind,<br />

Indra, the Lords of wealth and water (Kubera and Varuna), and Yama.<br />

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5.97. Because the king is pervaded by those lords of the world, no impurity is ordained for him; for purity and<br />

impurity of mortals is caused and removed by (those) lords of the world.<br />

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5.98. By him who is slain in battle with brandished weapons according to the law of the Kshatriyas, a (Srauta)<br />

sacrifice is instantly completed, and so is the period of impurity (caused by his death); that is a settled rule.<br />

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