The Patna Dharmapada 223

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108
na hi pāpakaṃ kataṃ kammaṃ sajjaṃ śastam va kantati |
maraṇo 'peto hi jānāti yā gatī pāpakaṃmuno ||

108
For evil karma done does not cut at once like a sword;
having met death, he truly knows what the destiny of the evildoer is.