Mahabharata 12.186.27

पापेन हि कृतं पापं पापमेवानुवर्ततेधार्मिकेण कृतो धर्मः कर्तारमनुवर्तते

pāpena hi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ pāpamevānuvartatedhārmikeṇa kṛto dharmaḥ kartāramanuvartate

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