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Chapter 13.61 - Verse 16

Sanskrit Text

यत्किंचित्पुरुषः पापं कुरुते वृत्तिकर्शितः अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन पूयते

English Translation

Whatever sins a man commits from want of the means of livelihood, are all washed off by gift of only so much earth as is covered by a cowhide.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यत् | किंचित् | पुरुषः | पापं | कुरुते | वृत्ति + कर्शय्
अपि | गोचर्मन् + मात्र | भूमि + दान | पूयते