Mahabharata 12.288.21

विमुच्यमानः पापेभ्यो घनेभ्य इव चन्द्रमाःविरजाः कालमाकाङ्क्षन्धीरो धैर्येण सिध्यति

vimucyamānaḥ pāpebhyo ghanebhya iva candramāḥvirajāḥ kālamākāṅkṣandhīro dhairyeṇa sidhyati

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