Virtue is singled out by conduct. The good and virtuous are so on account of the conduct they follow. The marks, again, of good conduct are afforded by the deeds of those that are good Or righteous.
आचारलक्षणो धर्मः सन्तश्चारित्रलक्षणाः। साधूनां च यथावृत्तमेतदाचारलक्षणम्॥