There are various ways in which evil Karma might be expiated, such as, by making gifts, by speaking truth and by serving the preceptor, by worshipping the order of the twice-born, by becoming devoted to virtue, free from pride and idle talk. O foremost of Brahmanas, I do these things.
कर्मणस्तस्य घोरस्य बहुधा निर्णयो भवेत्। दाने च सत्यवाक्ये च गुरुशुश्रूषणे तथा॥ द्विजातिपूजने चाहं धर्मे च निरतः सदा। अभिमानातिवादाभ्यां निवृत्तोऽस्मि द्विजोत्तम॥