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11.80. If either he fights at least three times (against robbers in defence of) a Brahmana’s (property), or
reconquers the whole property of a Brahmana, or if he loses his life for such a cause, he is freed (from his guilt).
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11.81. He who thus (remains) always firm in his vow, chaste, and of concentrated mind, removes after the lapse
of twelve years (the guilt of) slaying a Brahmana.
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11.82. Or he who, after confessing his crime in an assembly of the gods of the earth (Brahnanas), and the gods
of men (Kshatriyas), bathes (with the priests) at the close of a horse-sacrifice, is (also) freed (from guilt).
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11.83. The Brahmana is declared (to be) the root of the sacred law and the Kshatriya its top; hence he who has
confessed his sin before an assembly of such men, becomes pure.
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11.84. By his origin alone a Brahmana is a deity even for the gods, and (his teaching is) authoritative for men,
because the Veda is the foundation for that.
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11.85. (If) only three of them who are learned in the Veda proclaim the expiation for offences, that shall purify
the (sinners); for the words of learned men are a means of purification.
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11.86. A Brahmana who, with a concentrated mind, follows any of the (above-mentioned) rules, removes the
sin committed by slaying a Brahmana through his self-control.
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11.87. For destroying the embryo (of a Brahmana, the sex of which was) unknown, for slaying a Kshatriya or a
Vaisya who are (engaged in or) have offered a (Vedic) sacrifice, or a (Brahmana) woman who has bathed after
temporary uncleanness (Atreyi), he must perform the same penance,
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11.88. Likewise for giving false evidence (in an important cause), for passionately abusing the teacher, for
stealing a deposit, and for killing (his) wife or his friend:
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11.89. This expiation has been prescribed for unintentionally killing a Brahmana; but for intentionally slaying a
Brahmana no atonement is ordained.