After having committed a sin, one should consider that he is no longer a man. The gods behold his sin, as also the monitor that is within him.
पापं कृत्वा हि मन्येत नाहमस्मीति पूरुषः। तं तु देवाः प्रपश्यन्ति स्वस्यैवान्तर पूरुषः॥