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.
इत्येवं व्यवहारस्य व्यवहारत्वमिष्यते। अपि चैतत् पुरा राजन् मनुना प्रोक्तमादितः॥ सुप्रणीतेन दण्डेन प्रियाप्रियसमात्मना। प्रजा रक्षति यः सम्यग्धर्म एव स केवलः॥