Vyasa said ‘By penances, religious rites, and gifts, O Bharata, a man purify his sins if he does not commit them again.
व्यास उवाच तपसा कर्मणा चैव प्रदानेन च भारत। पुनाति पापं पुरुषः पुनश्चेन्न प्रवर्तते॥