[616] "'The Blessed One in many ways criticizes and censures the taking of what is not given (adinnādāna), and he says: "Abstain from taking what is not given." Now, to whatever extent, taking of what is not given has been done by me. And whatever taking of what is not given has been done by me, to whatever extent, that was not right, that was not good. But if I were to become remorseful on that account, that evil deed of mine will not thereby become undone.' Having reflected thus, he abandons that very taking of what is not given, and in the future he refrains from taking what is not given. Thus there comes to be the abandoning of that evil deed; thus there comes to be the transcending of that evil deed."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.