All 3 Uses of
atone
in
The Ramayana
- And thus wilt thou some merit win And make atonement for thy sin.†
Book 4 *atonement = the process of fixing or making up for a wrong
- For hear me, Vánar King, rehearse What Manu(597) spake in ancient verse,— This holy law, which all accept Who honour duty, have I kept: "Pure grow the sinners kings chastise, And, like the virtuous, gain the skies; By pain or full atonement freed, They reap the fruit of righteous deed, While kings who punish not incur The penalties of those who err."†
Book 4
- One sole atonement still may cure These evils, and our weal assure.†
Book 6
Definition:
to fix or make up for a wrong -- especially a sin (even if nothing can be done to make up for the wrong other than to show regret)