Mahabharata 13.117.37

अहिंसा परमो धर्मस्तथाहिंसा परो दमःअहिंसा परमं दानमहिंसा परमं तपः

ahiṃsā paramo dharmastathāhiṃsā paro damaḥahiṃsā paramaṃ dānamahiṃsā paramaṃ tapaḥ

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