Mahabharata 12.126.47

तं समानाय्य पुत्रं तु तदोपालभ्य पार्थिवम्आत्मानं दर्शयामास धर्मं धर्मभृतां वरः

taṃ samānāyya putraṃ tu tadopālabhya pārthivamātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa dharmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.