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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 13]
TEXTS 8-9
ब्रह्महा पितृहा गोघ्नो मातृहाचार्यहाधवान् । 
  श्वादः पुल्कसको वापि शुद्धघेरन् यस्य कीर्तनात् ॥८॥ 
  तमश्वमेधेन महामखेन 
  श्रद्धान्वितोऽस्माभिरनुष्ठितेन । 
  हत्वापि सब्रह्मचराचरं त्वं 
  न लिप्यसे किं खलनिग्रहेण ॥ ९ ॥
brahma-hā pitṛ-hā go-ghno 
  mātṛ-hācārya-hāghavān 
  śvādaḥ pulkasako vāpi 
  śuddhyeran yasya kīrtanāt
tam aśvamedhena mahā-makhena 
  śraddhānvito 'smābhir anuṣṭhitena 
  hatvāpi sabrahma-carācaram tvam 
  na lipyase kim khala-nigraheṇa
brahma-hā —a person who has killed a  brāhmaṇa ;  pitṛ-hā —a person who has killed his father;  go-ghnaḥ —a person who has killed a cow;  mātṛ-hā —a person who has killed his mother;  ācārya-hā —a person who has killed his spiritual master;  agha-vān —such a sinful person;  śva-adaḥ —a dog-eater;  pulkasakaḥ —a  caṇḍāla , one who is less than a  śūdra ;  vā —or;  api —even;  śuddhyeran —may be purified;  yasya —of whom (Lord Nārāyaṇa);  kīrtanāt —from chanting the holy name;  tam —Him;  aśvamedhena —by the  aśvamedha  sacrifice;  mahā-makhena —the topmost of all sacrifices;  śraddhā-anvitaḥ —endowed with faith;  asmābhiḥ —by us;  anuṣṭhitena —conducted or managed;  hatvā —killing;  api —even;  sa-brahma-cara-acaram —all the living entities, including the  brāhmaṇas ;  tvam —you;  na —not;  lipyase —are contaminated;  kim —what then;  khala-nigraheṇa —by killing one disturbing demon.
TRANSLATION
One who has killed a brāhmaṇa, one who has killed a cow or one who has killed his father, mother or spiritual master can be im-