The man who is of sinful conduct who is guilty of Brahmanicide and of falsehood, is purified by a gift of earth. Indeed, such a gift rescues even such a sinner from all his sins.
अपि पापसमाचारं ब्रह्मघ्नमपि चानृतम्। सैव पापं प्लावयति सैव पापात् प्रमोचयेत्॥