When the gods become angry and men are impelled by Destiny, learned persons, seeing cverything with the eye of divine knowledge, perform various auspicious acts and expiatory rites including Homa and the silent recitation of Mantras, and thus counteract all evils.
दैवे पूर्वं प्रकुपिते मानुषे कालचोदिते। तद्विद्वांसोऽनुपश्यन्ति ज्ञानदिव्येन चक्षुषा॥ प्रायश्चित्तविधिं चात्र जपहोमांश्च तद्विदः। मङ्गलानि च कुर्वन्ति शमयन्त्यहितानि च॥