Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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11.240. Insects, snakes, moths, bees, birds and beings, bereft of motion, reach heaven by the power of
austerities.
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11.241. Whatever sin men commit by thoughts, words, or deeds, that they speedily burn away by penance, if
they keep penance as their only riches.
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11.242. The gods accept the offerings of that Brahmana alone who has purified himself by austerities, and grant
to him all he desires.
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11.243. The lord, Pragapati, created these Institutes (of the sacred law) by his austerities alone; the sages
likewise obtained (the revelation of) the Vedas through their austerities.
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11.244. The gods, discerning that the holy origin of this whole (world) is from austerity, have thus proclaimed
the incomparable power of austerity.
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11.245. The daily study of the Veda, the performance of the great sacrifices according to one’s ability, (and)
patience (in suffering) quickly destroy all guilt, even that caused by mortal sins.
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11.246. As a fire in one moment consumes with its bright flame the fuel that has been placed on it, even so he
who knows the Veda destroys all guilt by the fire of knowledge.
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11.247. The penances for sins (made public) have been thus declared according to the law; learn next the
penances for secret (sins).
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11.248. Sixteen suppressions of the breath (Pranayama) accompanied by (the recitation of) the Vyahritis and of
the syllable Om, purify, if they are repeated daily, after a month even the murderer of a learned Brahmana.
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11.249. Even a drinker of (the spirituous liquor called) Sura becomes pure, if he mutters the hymn (seen) by
Kutsa, ’Removing by thy splendour our guilt, O Agni,’ &c., (that seen) by Vasishtha, ’With their hymns the
Vasishthas woke the Dawn,’ &c., the Mahitra (hymn) and (the verses called) Suddhavatis.