Mahabharata 3.30.37

3.30.37

kṣamā brahma kṣamā satyaṃ kṣamā bhūtaṃ ca bhāvi ca |
kṣamā tapaḥ kṣamā śaucaṃ kṣamayā coddhṛtaṃ jagat || 37 ||

Forgiveness is Brahma; forgiveness is truth; forgiveness is stored ascetic merit; forgiveness protecteth the ascetic merit of the future; forgiveness is asceticism; forgiveness is holiness; and by forgiveness is it that the universe is held together. Persons that are forgiving attain to the regions obtainable by those that have preformed meritorious sacrifices, or those that are well-conversant with the Vedas, or those that have high ascetic merit. Those that perform Vedic sacrifices as also those that perform the meritorious rites of religion obtain other regions. Men of forgiveness, however, obtain those much-adored regions that are in the world of Brahma. Forgiveness is the might of the mighty; forgiveness is sacrifice;