O Dhananjaya, sin is always expiated by pious acts, by giving wide publicity to it, by repentance, by alms giving, by penances, by sojourn to Tirthas after renunciation of everything, by constant meditation on the scriptures. Of all these, he who has practised renunciation is believed to be incapable of committing fresh sins.
धनंजय कृतं पापं कल्याणेनोपहन्यते॥ ख्यापनेनानुतापेन दानेन तपसापि वा। निवृत्त्या तीर्थगमनाच्छुतिस्मृतिजपेन वा॥ त्यागवांश्च पुनः पापं नालंकर्तुमिति श्रुतिः।