प्रनष्टः शाश्वतो धर्मः सदाचारेण मोहितः ।
तेन वैद्यस्तपस्वी वा बलवान् वा विमोह्यते ॥
pranaṣṭaḥ śāśvato dharmaḥ sadācāreṇa mohitaḥ |
tena vaidyas tapasvī vā balavān vā vimohyate ||
(Mahābhārata: 12.254.21)
“The eternal dharma is completely lost when one is deluded by sadācāra. [Even] A learned person, or an ascetic, or a powerful person, may be deluded by this.”