[153] also, murder. (M.)
[154] párushya and sáhasa: v. supra in notes [9] et [11].
[155] Who these are is described by Yájnavalkya, in the third book, scil.
sl. 227. The slayer of a bráhmaṇ, the drinker of what intoxicates, the thief, one who violates his guru's bed, are great criminals—also, whoever associates with such persons.
sl. 228. Grossly to revile one's guru, speaking reproachfully of the Vedas, to slay a friend, after reading from the Veda to forget it,—these [sins] are like to the murder of a bráhmaṇ.
sl. 229. To eat forbidden food, a crooked insincere mode of dealing, a multitude of lying words, kissing the mouth of a menstruous woman,—these [sins] are like to drinking intoxicating liquor.
sl. 230. To steal horses, jewels, men, women, land, cows, property pledged,—these [sins] are like to the stealing of gold.
sl. 231. To debauch a friend's wife, a maiden, a sister, a woman of the lowest grade, a female relative, a son's wife,—these [sins] are recorded as equivalent to violation of a guru's bed.
sl. 232. To debauch a father's sister, or a mother's, the wife of a maternal uncle, a daughter-in-law, a step-mother, the sister or daughter of an áchárya,
sl. 233. or his wife, or one's own daughter,—these are equal to violation of a guru's bed. The penalty is death, the pudenda [of the criminal] being previously amputated. A like doom is for the woman, if she consented.