Mahabharata 12.258.66
चिरेण मित्रं बध्नीयाच्चिरेण च कृतं त्यजेत्चिरेण हि कृतं मित्रं चिरं धारणमर्हति
cireṇa mitraṃ badhnīyāccireṇa ca kṛtaṃ tyajetcireṇa hi kṛtaṃ mitraṃ ciraṃ dhāraṇamarhati
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