प्रथमं वर्जयेद्दोषान्युगपत्पृथगेव वा ।
तथा धर्ममवाप्नोति दोषत्यागो हि दुष्करः ।
दोषसाकल्यसन्त्यागान्मुनिर्भवति मानवः ॥
दुष्कृतत्यागमात्रेण पदमूर्ध्वं हि लभ्यते ।

prathamaṁ varjayed doṣān yugapat pṛthag eva vā |
tathā dharmam avāpnoti doṣa-tyāgo hi duṣkaraḥ |
doṣa-sākalya-santyāgān munir bhavati mānavaḥ ||
duṣkṛta-tyāga-mātreṇa padam ūrdhvaṁ hi labhyate |
(Mahābhārata: 13.232.5, 8)

“First, one should give up faults, all at once or just one by one. Then, one achieves dharma. Giving up faults [however] is certainly difficult to do. [Yet] By completely giving up faults in totality, a human being becomes a sage. … Just by giving up misconduct, a higher standing is attained.”

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