Verse
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः ।सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं संतरिष्यसि ॥
api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥsarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ saṃtariṣyasi
Even if thou art the greatest doer of sin beyond all sinners, thou shalt cross over all the crookedness of evil in the ship of knowledge.
Gītā 4·36