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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 192

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 192

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.192)

agniṃ prāpya yathā sadyas tūlarāśirvinaśyati /  
tathā gaṅgājalenaiva sarvapāpaṃ vinaśyati //

> Just as a heap of cotton is instantly destroyed upon reaching fire,  
> even so is all sin destroyed by the water of the Gaṅgā alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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