And other lords of earth punish in the same way the authors of misdeeds. What more, the perpetrators of crime, themselves undergo penances and are thus released from their sins.
अन्यैरपि कृतं पापं प्रमत्तैर्वसुधाधिपैः। प्रायश्चित्तं च कुर्वन्ति तेन तच्छाम्यते रजः॥