The person who practises a very rigid vow, or gives away the whole of his wealth, or dies in a battle fought for the sake of his preceptor, becomes freed off of all his sins.
महाव्रतं चरेद् यस्तु दद्यात् सर्वस्वमेव तु। गुर्वर्थे वा हतो युद्धे स मुच्येत् कर्मणोऽशुभात्॥