Shloka 21
कालनिर्देशः शोकनिवारणं च
Instruction on Kāla and the Removal of Grief
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं कौन्तेयाभक्ष्यभक्षणम् । प्रायश्षित्तविधानेन सर्वमेतेन शुद्धयति,कुन्तीनन्दन! यही बात अन्य सब अभक्ष्यभक्षणोंके विषयमें भी कही गयी है। प्रायश्रित्त कर लेनेसे सब शुद्ध हो जाता है
etad te sarvam ākhyātaṃ kaunteyābhakṣyabhakṣaṇam | prāyaścittavidhānena sarvam etena śuddhyati, kuntīnandana ||
毗耶娑说：“昆蒂之子啊，我已将食用禁物之事尽为你说明。依所规定的忏悔法（prāyaścitta），此类过失皆可得净。其理亦通于其他不当食用之事：只要如法行忏悔，便复归清净。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
That violations involving forbidden consumption (abhakṣya-bhakṣaṇa) are not treated as irrevocable: when one follows the properly prescribed prāyaścitta, the resulting impurity or fault is removed and one is restored to ritual and ethical cleanliness.
Vyāsa is instructing Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira) within the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, summarizing that he has explained the rules about forbidden foods and emphasizing that expiation, performed according to rule, purifies such transgressions and similarly applies to other comparable cases.