Except all those, O Bharata! Many other sins have been described as removable by penance. Thus he gives up the sinful habit. Regarding those who have been guilty of the first three of these five sins, (namely, drinking wine, killing a Brahmana, and violation of the preceptor's bed), their (surviving) kinsmen have no restrictions about taking food and wearing ornaments, even if their funeral rites remain unperformed when they die. The surviving kinsmen need make no scruple about such things at such times.
एतानि हित्वातोऽन्यानि निर्देश्यानीति भारत। निर्देश्यानेन विधिना कालेनाव्यसनी भवेत्॥ अन्नं वीर्यं ग्रहीतव्यं प्रेतकर्मण्यपातिते। त्रिषु त्वेतेषु पूर्वेषु न कुर्वीत विचारणाम्॥