Mahabharata 12.139.70
श्वपच उवाच · śvapaca uvāca
असता यत्समाचीर्णं न स धर्मः सनातनःनावृत्तमनुकार्यं वै मा छलेनानृतं कृथाः
asatā yatsamācīrṇaṃ na sa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥnāvṛttamanukāryaṃ vai mā chalenānṛtaṃ kṛthāḥ
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