आहुः सत्यं हि परमं धर्मं धर्मविदो जनाः। सत्यमाश्रित्य च मया त्वं धर्म प्रतिचोदितः॥
āhuḥ satyaṃ hi paramaṃ dharmaṃ dharmavido janāḥ| satyamāśritya ca mayā tvaṃ dharma praticoditaḥ||
English Meaning
Truth, say persons cognizant of it, is the prime virtue. And it is in the interests of virtue, that I have been exhorting you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)