Shloka 24
अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः
Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement
प्रायश्षित्तं च शान्तिं च जुहुयात् तेन मुच्यते । सावित्री रैवतीमिष्टिं कृूष्माण्डमघमर्षणम्
prāyaścittaṃ ca śāntiṃ ca juhuyāt tena mucyate | sāvitrīṃ raivatīm iṣṭiṃ kūṣmāṇḍam aghamarṣaṇam ||
پراَیَشچِت اور شانتی ہوم کرے—اسی سے وہ عیب سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔ ساوتری اور رَیوَتی اِشٹی، اور گناہ کو رگڑ کر مٹانے والا کوُشمाण्ड (اَگھمَرشَن) کرم بھی کرے۔
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral and ritual faults are not treated as irreversible: one should undertake prescribed expiation (prāyaścitta) and pacificatory rites (śānti), including specific iṣṭis, to cleanse wrongdoing and restore auspicious order; through such disciplined remedial action one is released from the burden of sin.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he lists concrete remedial sacrifices/oblations—prāyaścitta and śānti offerings, along with Savitrī and Raivatī iṣṭis and the Kūṣmāṇḍa/aghāmarṣaṇa sin-dispelling rite—as means by which a person becomes freed from a transgression’s impurity and consequences.