This is a sin against Varuna.[52] In connection with this there is an interesting passage implying a priestly confessional.

At the sacrifice the sacrificer's wife is formally asked by the priest whether she is faithful to her husband.

She is asked this that she may not sacrifice with guilt on her soul, for "when confessed the guilt becomes less."[53] If it is asked what other moral virtues are especially inculcated besides truth and purity the answer is that the acts commonly cited as self-evidently sins are murder, theft, and abortion; incidentally, gluttony, anger, and procrastination.[54] As to the moral virtue of observing days, certain times are allowed and certain times are not allowed for worldly acts.

But every day is in part a holy-day to the Hindu.

The list of virtues is about the same, therefore, as that of the decalogue--the worship of the right divinity; the observance of certain seasons for prayer and sacrifice; honor to the parents; abstinence from theft, murder, adultery.