श्रुतिप्रमाणॊ धर्मॊ हि वृथ्धानामिति भाषितम ।
सूक्ष्मा गतिर्हि धर्मस्य बहुशाखा ह्यनन्तिका ॥
śruti-pramāṇo dharmo hi vṛddhānām iti bhāṣitam |
sūkṣmā gatir hi dharmasya bahu-śākhā hy anantikā ||
(Mahābhārata: 3.200.2)
“The means of knowing (pramāṇa [of]) dharma is hearing [i.e., learning from those who understand it], and [in regard to dharma] there is a saying of the wise: ‘The course of dharma is subtle, many-branched, and without end.’”