Shanti Parva 121.9
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 121 · Verse 9
mahabharataved-vyasshanti-parva
Sanskrit Original
इत्येवं व्यवहारस्य व्यवहारत्वमिष्यते। अपि चैतत् पुरा राजन् मनुना प्रोक्तमादितः॥ सुप्रणीतेन दण्डेन प्रियाप्रियसमात्मना। प्रजा रक्षति यः सम्यग्धर्म एव स केवलः॥
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It is, therefore, that the name Vyavahara is applied to it. In days of yore, Manu, O king, declared first of all this truth, viz.,-He who protects all creatures, the loved and the hated equally, by impartially holding the rod of punishment, is said to be the righteousness incarnate.