Vyasa said “Having omitted to perform those acts that have been ordained, and done those that have been forbidden, and have behaved deceitfully, a man becomes liable to perform expiation.
व्यास उवाच अकुर्वन् विहितं कर्म प्रतिषिद्धानि चाचरन्। प्रायश्चित्तीयते ह्येवं नरो मिथ्यानुवर्तयन्॥