Mahabharata · Chapter 13.175

ahiṃsā vaidikaṃ karma dhyānamindriyasaṃyamaḥ /
tapo'tha guruśuśrūṣā kiṃ śreyaḥ puruṣaṃ prati //
bṛhaspatiruvāca /

sarvāṇyetāni dharmasya pṛthagdvārāṇi nityaśaḥ /
śṛṇu sankīrtyamānāni ṣaḍeva bharatarṣabha //

hanta niḥśreyasaṃ jantorahaṃ vakṣyāmyanuttamam /
ahiṃsāpāśrayaṃ dharmaṃ dānto vidvānsamācaret //

tridaṇḍaṃ sarvabhūteṣu nidhāya puruṣaḥ śuciḥ /
kāmakrodhau ca saṃyamya tataḥ siddhimavāpnute //

ahiṃsakāni bhūtāni daṇḍena vinihanti yaḥ /
ātmanaḥ sukhamanvicchansa pretya na sukhī bhavet //

ātmopamastu bhūteṣu yo vai bhavati pūruṣaḥ /
tyaktadaṇḍo jitakrodhaḥ sa pretya sukhamedhate //

sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtāni paśyataḥ /
devā'pi mārge muhyanti hyapadasya padeṣiṇaḥ //

na tatparasya sandadhyātpratikūlaṃ yadātmanaḥ /
eṣa sāṅgrāhiko dharmaḥ kāmādanyaḥ pravartate //

prakhyāpane ca dāne ca sukhaduḥkhe priyāpriye /
ātmaupamyena puruṣaḥ pramāṇamadhigacchati //

yathā paraḥ prakramate pareṣu tathā pare prakramante parasmin /
niṣevate svasamāṃ jīvaloke yathā dharmo naipuṇenopadiṣṭaḥ /
vaiśampāyana uvāca /

ityuktvā taṃ suragurudharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram /
divāmacakrame dhīmānpaśyatāmeva nastadā //