As this impurity on account of a death is prescribed for (all) Sapindas, even so it shall be (held) on a birth by those who desire to be absolutely pure.
(Or while) the impurity on account of a death is common to all (Sapindas), that caused by a birth (falls) on the parents alone; (or) it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father shall become pure by bathing;
Those who have touched a corpse are purified after one day and night (added to) three periods of three days; those who give libations of water, after three days.
अह्ना चैकेन रात्र्या च त्रिरात्रैरेव च त्रिभिः । शवस्पृशो विशुध्यन्ति त्र्यहादुदकदायिनः ॥ ६४ ॥
Those who have touched a corpse are purified after one day and night (added to) three periods of three days; those who give libations of water, after three days.
A pupil who performs the Pitrimedha for his deceased teacher, becomes also pure after ten days, just like those who carry the corpse out (to the burial-ground).