इदमिति ह प्रतिजज्ञे लोकान्वाव किल सोम्य तेऽवोचन्नहं तु ते तद्वक्ष्यामि यथा पुष्करपलाश आपो न श्लिष्यन्त एवमेवंविदि पापं कर्म न श्लिष्यत इति ब्रवीतु मे भगवानिति तस्मै होवाच ॥ ४.१४.३ ॥
In plain words
"This," he acknowledged. "My dear, they told thee only of the worlds; but I shall tell thee this — that as water does not cling to a lotus leaf, so an evil deed does not cling to one who knows this." "Tell me, sir." And he said to him: