As regards sin, it may be said that, even when it is very great it is incapable of even touching virtue which is always protected by time and which shines like a burning fire.
स्प्रष्टुमप्यसमर्थो हि ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम्। अधर्म: संततो धर्मे कालेन परिरक्षितम्॥