Mahabharata 13.115.2

13.115.2

ṛṣayo brāhmaṇā devāḥ praśaṃsanti mahāmate |
ahiṃsālakṣaṇaṃ dharmaṃ vedaprāmāṇyadarśanāt || 2 ||

"Yudhishthira said, 'O thou of great intelligence, the Rishis and Brahmanas and the deities, led by the authority of the Vedas, all applaud that religion which has compassion for its indication. But, O king, whet I ask thee is this: how does a man, who has perpetrated acts of injury to others in word, thought and deed, succeed in cleansing himself from misery?'