"People in the world ask for forgiveness, but [true] —pratikraman' does not happen by doing that. That is like when people casually say —sorry' or —thank you'. There is no significance in that; the significance is of —alochana-pratikraman-pratyakhyan' (acknowledgement of the mistake, repentance and asking for forgiveness for the mistake, remorse and avowal not to repeat the mistake, respectively)."
Knowledge
Mistake
Forgiveness
Sorry