Uttarajjhayana 29.13

29.13

paḍikkamaṇeṇaṃ bhaṃte! jīve kiṃ jaṇayai?
paḍikkamaṇeṇaṃ vayachiddāiṃ pihei| pihiyavayachidde puna jīve niruddhāsave asabalacaritte aṭṭhasu pavayaṇamāyāsu uvautte apuhatte suppaṇihie viharai|

"Through repentance, venerable sir, what does the soul produce?"
"Through repentance, it closes the holes in its vows. With the holes in its vows closed, the soul, with inflows [of karma] stopped, with spotlessly clean conduct, mindful of the eight mothers of the doctrine, unified and well-composed, lives [blamelessly]."