Conduct is said to be the foremost of all subjects treated of in the scriptures. Virtue has conduct for its root. The unfading Vasudeva is said to be the Lord of Virtue.
सर्वागमानामाचारः प्रथमं परिकल्प्यते। आचारप्रभवो धर्मो धर्मस्य प्रभुरच्युतः॥