गुरूणां च लघूनां च गुरूणि च लघूनि च । प्रायश्चित्तानि पापानां ज्ञात्वोक्तानि महर्षिभि: ॥ १६ ॥
gurunam ca laghunam ca guruni ca laghuni ca prayascittani papanam jnatvoktani maharsibhih
- gurunam
- heavy
- ca
- and
- laghunam
- light
- ca
- also
- guruni
- heavy
- ca
- and
- laghuni
- light
- ca
- also
- prayascittani
- the processes of atonement
- papanam
- of sinful activities
- jnatva
- knowing perfectly well
- uktani
- have been prescribed
- maha-rsibhih
- by great sages.
Authorities who are learned scholars and sages have carefully ascertained that one should atone for the heaviest sins by undergoing a heavy process of atonement and one should atone for lighter sins by undergoing lighter atonement. Chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, however, vanquishes all the effects of sinful activities, regardless of whether heavy or light.