Dhammapada · Verset 239

Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu

Pali

Anupubbena medhāvī,
thokaṁ thokaṁ khaṇe khaṇe;
Kammāro rajatasseva,
niddhame malamattano.

English

A smart person would purge
their own stains gradually,
bit by bit, moment by moment,
like a smith smelting silver.

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