It is conduct which begets virtue, and it is virtue which prolongs life. Conduct gives fame, long life, and Heaven. Conduct is the most efficacious rite of propitiating the celestials. The self-create Brahman himself has said that one should show mercy to all orders of men.
आचारप्रभवो धर्मो धर्मादायुर्विवर्धते॥ एतद् यशस्यमायुष्यं स्वयं स्वस्त्ययनं महत्। अनुकम्प्य सर्ववर्णान् ब्रह्मणा समुदाहृतम्॥