Dīkṣā-bhedaḥ (Types of Initiation) — Lalitopākhyāna: Hayagrīva–Agastya Dialogue
गोब्राह्मणावधं कृत्वा न तत्पापं समाश्रयेत् / ब्रह्मादिस्तंब पर्यतं यस्य मे गुरुसंततिः
gobrāhmaṇāvadhaṃ kṛtvā na tatpāpaṃ samāśrayet / brahmādistaṃba paryataṃ yasya me gurusaṃtatiḥ
Even if one has slain a cow and a Brahmin, that sin does not cling to him who bears my lineage of Gurus, extending from Brahmā down to the very blade of grass.