In that order he has to live for fifteen years, O Bharata. Upon the exhaustion of his sin in this way, he succeeds in regaining his human form.
तत्र जीवति वर्षाणि दश पञ्च च भारत। दुष्कृतस्य क्षयं कृत्वा ततो जायति मानुषः॥