A person, who was formerly virtuous, having committed sins out of ignorance, can destroy those sins afterwards. O monarch, the virtue of persons shines again (drives off all sins), if sins are committed out of mistake.
पापान्यबुद्धवेह पुरा कृतानि प्राग् धर्मशीलोऽपि विहन्ति पश्चात्। धर्मो राजन् नुदते पूरुषाणां यत् कुर्वते पापमिह प्रमादात्॥