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4.198. When he has committed a sin, let him not perform a penance under the pretence (that the act is intended
to gain) spiritual merit, (thus) hiding his sin under (the pretext of) a vow and deceiving women and Sudras.
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4.199. Such Brahmanas are reprehended after death and in this (life) by those who expound the Veda, and a
vow, performed under a false pretence, goes to the Rakshasas.
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4.200. He who, without being a student, gains his livelihood by (wearing) the dress of a student, takes upon
himself the guilt of (all) students and is born again in the womb of an animal.
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4.201. Let him never bathe in tanks belonging to other men; if he bathes (in such a one), he is tainted by a
portion of the guilt of him who made the tank.
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4.202. He who uses without permission a carriage, a bed, a seat, a well, a garden or a house belonging to an
(other man), takes upon himself one fourth of (the owner’s) guilt.
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4.203. Let him always bathe in rivers, in ponds, dug by the gods (themselves), in lakes, and in waterholes or
springs.
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4.204. A wise man should constantly discharge the paramount duties (called yama), but not always the minor
ones (called niyama); for he who does not discharge the former, while he obeys the latter alone, becomes an
outcast.
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4.205. A Brahmana must never eat (a dinner given) at a sacrifice that is offered by one who is not a Srotriya, by
one who sacrifices for a multitude of men, by a woman, or by a eunuch.
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4.206. When those persons offer sacrificial viands in the fire, it is unlucky for holy (men) it displeases the gods;
let him therefore avoid it.
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4.207. Let him never eat (food given) by intoxicated, angry, or sick (men), nor that in which hair or insects are
found, nor what has been touched intentionally with the foot,
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