Dhammapada · Verse 263

Pali

Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ,
mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ;
Sa vantadoso medhāvī,
“sādhurūpo”ti vuccati.

English

But if they’ve cut that out,
dug it up at the root, eradicated it,
that intelligent one, purged of vice,
is said to be holy.

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