Chapter 39

Vishnu Smriti 39

Harming domestic and wild animals is a sin causing caste mixture (saṃkarīkaraṇa). // Vi_39.1 //

Having committed a sin causing caste mixture, one shall eat barley for a month, / Or one should perform the kṛcchra or atikṛcchra as a prāyaścitta (penance). || Vi_39.2 ||