Mahabharata 12.197.6

तर्षच्छेदो न भवति पुरुषस्येह कल्मषात्निवर्तते तथा तर्षः पापमन्तं गतं यथा

tarṣacchedo na bhavati puruṣasyeha kalmaṣātnivartate tathā tarṣaḥ pāpamantaṃ gataṃ yathā

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