It seems, therefore, that only that which the learned of old denominated righteousness is righteousness to this day; and through that course of conduct the distinctions and limitations have become eternal.
चिराभिपन्नः कविभिः पूर्वं धर्म उदाहृतः। तेनाचारेण पूर्वेण संस्था भवति शाश्वती॥