नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः। अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः।।5.15।।
nādatte kasyachit pāpaṁ na chaiva sukṛitaṁ vibhuḥ ajñānenāvṛitaṁ jñānaṁ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ
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A Reading - Rantideb
Why: the Supreme Self doesn't partake of anyone's sin or merit, knowledge is covered by ignorance, and thus beings are deluded, framing ordinary confusion as an obscuring layer over something already clear underneath.
In life: your core sense of okay-ness doesn't actually get damaged by mistakes the way it feels like it does in the moment, that feeling is more like fog than actual damage.
Teaching: after a mistake, remind yourself the fog is temporary and covering something that isn't actually broken, rather than assuming the mistake permanently altered who you are.