Beings and the mobile as well as the immobile cannot have that direct perception of virtue which they have of happiness. Therefore, I ween, virtue is a non-entity.
भूतानां स्थावराणां च जङ्गमानां च दर्शनम्। यथास्ति न तथा धर्मस्तेन नास्तीति मे मतिः॥