Forgiveness is Brahma, forgiveness is truth, forgiveness is the accumulated and future (ascetic) merit, forgiveness is the devout penance and forgiveness is purity; and by forgiveness the universe is sustained.
क्षमा ब्रह्म क्षमा सत्यं क्षमा भूतं च भावि च। क्षमा तपः क्षमा शौचं क्षमयेदंघृतं जगत्॥