Manusmriti
यथा यथा नरोऽधर्मं स्वयं कृत्वाऽनुभाषते । तथा तथा त्वचैवाहिस्तेनाधर्मेण मुच्यते ॥ २२८ ॥
In proportion as a man who has done wrong, himself confesses it, even so far he is freed from guilt, as a snake from its slough.
english translation
yathA yathA naro'dharmaM svayaM kRtvA'nubhASate । tathA tathA tvacaivAhistenAdharmeNa mucyate ॥ 228 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript