प्रायश्चित्तीयतां प्राप्य दैवात् पूर्वकृतेन वा । न संसर्गं व्रजेत् सद्भिः प्रायश्चित्तेऽकृते द्विजः ॥ ४७ ॥
A twice-born man, having become liable to perform a penance, be it by (the decree of) fate or by (an act) committed in a former life, must not, before the penance has been performed, have intercourse with virtuous men