अनादिष्टेषु चैकाहं सर्वत्र तु यथार्थतः
Where there are no specific instructions, one day is prescribed everywhere, according to propriety.
प्राश्य मूत्रपुरीषाणि द्विजश्चान्द्रायणं चरेत्
After consuming urine or feces, a twice-born should perform the cāndrāyaṇa penance.
पुनः संस्कारमर्हन्ति त्रयो वर्णा द्विजातयः
The three twice-born castes are to undergo re-sanctification again.
भासमण्डूककुररे विष्किरे कृच्छ्रमाचरेत्
For eating the bhāsa, maṇḍūka, kurara, or viṣkira, one should perform the kṛcchra penance.
शूद्रोच्छिष्टं द्विजो भुक्त्वा कुर्याच्चान्द्रायणव्रतम्
If a twice-born eats food left by a Shudra, he should perform the Chandrayana vow.
गोमूत्रयावकाहारः पीतशेषं च रागवान्
One who consumes barley soaked in cow urine, or remnants drunk by another, is impassioned.
तदा सांतपनं प्रोक्तं व्रतं पापविशोधनम्
At that time, the Santapana vow is prescribed as a purifier of sin.
चरेत् सांतपनं कृच्छ्रं ब्राह्मणः पापशोधनम्
A Brahmin should undertake the severe Santapana vow for the removal of sin.
त्रिरात्रेण विशुद्ध्येत पञ्चगव्येन चैव हि
Purification occurs in three nights, and also by the use of Panchagavya.
बुद्धिपूर्वं तु मूढात्मा तप्तकृच्छ्रं समाचरेत्
If one acts knowingly but with a deluded mind, he should perform the Tapta-Kricchra.
प्रमादाद् भोजनं कृत्वा त्रिरात्रेण विशुद्ध्यति
If food is consumed out of negligence, purification is achieved in three nights.
बुद्धिपूर्वं तु कृच्छ्रेण भगवानाह पद्मजः
But knowingly, with difficulty, the Lord Padmaja has said so.
भुक्त्वोपवासं कुर्वोत कृच्छ्रपादमथापि वा
After eating, one should fast or perform the Kricchra-pada, as well.
अज्ञातभुक्तशुद्ध्यर्थं ज्ञातस्य तु विशेषतः
For purification after eating unknowingly, and especially for known transgression.
अभिचारमहीनं च त्रिभिः कृच्छ्रैर्विशुद्ध्यति
Without grave sorcery, purification is achieved by three Kricchras.
गोमूत्रयावकाहारः प्राजापत्येन शुद्ध्यति
One who eats barley soaked in cow urine is purified by the Prajapatya vow.
अहोरात्रेण शुद्ध्येत श्मश्रुकर्म च मैथुनम्
Purification occurs in a day and night for cutting hair and sexual union.
त्रिरात्रेण विशद्ध्येत त्रिरात्रात् षडहं पुनः
Purification is achieved in three nights; after three nights, again in six days.
कृच्छ्रं चान्द्रायणं कुर्यात् तत्पापस्यापनुत्तये
One should perform the Kricchra and Chandrayana vows for the removal of that sin.
चरेत् सांतपनं कृच्छ्रमित्याह भगवान् प्रभुः
The Lord has said that one should undertake the severe Santapana Kricchra.
चरेयुस्त्रीणि कृच्छ्राणि त्रीणि चान्द्रायणानि च
They should perform three Kricchras and three Chandrayanas.
शुद्ध्येयुस्तद् व्रतं सम्यक् चरेयुर्धर्मवर्धनाः
Those who properly observe that vow, increasing righteousness, are purified.
अनश्नन् संयतमना रात्रौ चेद् रात्रिमेव हि
If one fasts with controlled mind during the night, then it is considered as a night’s penance.
गायत्र्यष्टसहस्रस्य जप्यं कुर्याद् विशुद्धये
One should recite the Gāyatrī mantra eight thousand times for purification.
स्नात्वा विशुद्ध्यते सद्यः परिश्रान्तस्तु संयमात्
By bathing, one is immediately purified; but if exhausted, restraint is required.
स्नातकव्रतलोपं तु कृत्वा चोपवसेद् दिनम्
If one violates the vow of a graduate, one should fast for a day.
चान्द्रायणं चरेद् व्रात्यो गोप्रदानेन शुद्ध्यति
An outcaste should perform the Cāndrāyaṇa vow; he is purified by giving a cow.
देवद्रोहं गुरुद्रोहं तप्तकृच्छ्रेण शुद्ध्यति
For the sin of harming a deity or teacher, purification is through the heated Kṛcchra penance.
त्रिरात्रेण विशुद्ध्येत् तु नग्नो वा प्रविशेज्जलम्
One is purified in three nights, or by entering water naked.
होमाश्च शाकला नित्यमपाङ्क्तानां विशोधनम्
Daily Śākala homas are purifying for those excluded from ritual food.