Yudhishthira said O You of great intelligence, the Rishi and Brahmanas and the celestials led by the authority of the Vedas, all speak highly of the religion of mercy.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच ऋषयो ब्राह्मणा देवाः प्रशंसन्ति महामते। अहिंसालक्षणं धर्म वेदप्रामाण्यदर्शनात्॥