Institutes of Vishnu — LIII.

LIII. | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next # LIII. 1. One who has (unawares) had illicit sexual intercourse, must perform the Prâ*g*âpatya penance for a year, according to the rule of the Mahâvrata, clad in a garment of bark, and living in a forest. 2. The same (penance is ordained) for sexual intercourse with the wife of another man (who belongs to his own caste, but is no Guru of his). 3. For intercourse with a cow, the Govrata (must be performed). 4. For intercourse with a man, for unnatural crimes with a woman, (for wasting his manhood) in the air, (for intercourse with a woman) in water, by day, or in a go-cart, he must bathe dressed in his clothes. 5. By intercourse (knowingly) with a *K*a*nd*âla woman[1], he becomes her equal in caste. 6. For intercourse unawares with such, he must perform the *K*ândrâya*n*a twice. 7. For intercourse (knowingly) with cattle (other) than cows) or with a public prostitute, (he must perform) the Prâ*g*âpatya penance. 8. A woman who has committed adultery once, [LIII. 1-8. M. XI, 106, 171-177.--4. Y. III, 291.--9. M. XI, 179. 1. The crime intended here is explained by Nand. as being illicit intercourse with a step-mother, who belongs to the *S*ûdra caste. 3. See L, 16-24. 4. 'Or in a cart drawn by asses or by other beasts of draught, as the particle *k*a implies.' (Nand.) 5. 'Or with a woman of an equally degraded caste, such as tile Svapaka caste and others.' (Nand.) 8. See Sûtra 2.] must perform that penance which has been prescribed for an adulterer. 9. That guilt which a Brâhma*n*a incurs by intercourse with a *K*a*nd*âla woman one night, he can only remove by subsisting upon alms, and constantly repeating (the Gâyatrî) for three years. Next: LIV.