Dhammapada · Verse 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.
License: English CC0 (Bhikkhu Sujato); Pali public domain. Source: SuttaCentral (sc-data).