Shloka 13
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
य एव प्रथम: कल्पस्तमेवाभ्याचरन् सह । तेषां नासीद् विधातव्यं प्रायश्षित्तं कदाचन
ya eva prathamaḥ kalpastam evābhyācaran saha | teṣāṁ nāsīd vidhātavyaṁ prāyaścittaṁ kadācana ||
迦毗罗说道：“他们同住共行，只奉行那最初、最本源的行为法度。因此，对他们而言，从未出现需要制定或施行赎罪忏悔（prāyaścitta）的时机，因为并无任何须以忏除的失足发生。”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
When conduct aligns with the original and highest standard of dharma, wrongdoing does not arise; therefore expiation (prāyaścitta) becomes unnecessary. The verse highlights prevention through right living rather than correction after moral failure.
Kapila describes an earlier condition of society (or a class of people) who collectively followed the primordial rule of life. Because their shared practice remained faultless, there was never any need to institute or undertake penances.