Yudhishthira said: He who sacrifices virtue is himself destroyed. And he that preserves it is himself preserved. I therefore, do not sacrifice virtue, considering that if destroyed it will destroy us.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच धर्म एव हतो हन्ति धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः। तस्माद् धर्मं न त्यजामि मा नो धर्मो हतोऽवधीत्॥