Mahabharata 12.161.8

धर्मो राजन्गुणश्रेष्ठो मध्यमो ह्यर्थ उच्यतेकामो यवीयानिति च प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणःतस्माद्धर्मप्रधानेन भवितव्यं यतात्मना

dharmo rājanguṇaśreṣṭho madhyamo hyartha ucyatekāmo yavīyāniti ca pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥtasmāddharmapradhānena bhavitavyaṃ yatātmanā

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