Anupubbena medhiivi thokathokariJ.
khal).e khal).e
kammiiro rajatass'eva niddhame malam attano.Gradually should the perspicacious one,Moment by moment, little by little, expelHis own dross, as would the smithThat which is in silver.Dhammapada
v.
239(Trans. by Soma Thera)