Shloka 16
Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)
क्रोधमोहकृते चैव दृष्टान्तागमहेतुभि: । शरीराणामुपक्लेशो मनसभ् प्रियाप्रिये । तदौषधैश्न मन्नत्रैश्न प्रायक्षित्तैज्ष शाम्यति
krodha-moha-kṛte caiva dṛṣṭāntāgama-hetubhiḥ | śarīrāṇām upakleśo manasaḥ priyāpriye | tad-auṣadhaiś ca mantraiś ca prāyaścittaiś ca śāmyati ||
毗耶娑说：若人受嗔怒与迷妄所制，心随所爱所憎而转，遂堕不祥之行，则经典以理证、譬喻与权威教诲，称许以斋戒等苦行枯槁其身，为相应之赎罪。然其过亦可由诸疗治之法而息：食用仪轨所定之食（haviṣyānna）、诵持真言，以及其他种种忏悔法门，使因嗔等而作之罪得以平息。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sins arising from anger and delusion are to be pacified through disciplined expiation: bodily austerity (such as fasting) endorsed by scriptural reasoning and examples, along with other remedies like prescribed observances, mantra-recitation, and additional prāyaścittas.
In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa explains how wrongful acts driven by the mind’s likes and dislikes—when fueled by anger and delusion—should be addressed, outlining scripturally grounded methods of atonement and inner pacification.