In some languages, “loyalty ” is often used for the attitude a subordinate should show toward a superior. But as one researcher notes, from a Biblical standpoint, loving - kindness “refers more often to just the opposite direction of relationship: the powerful is loyal to the weak or needy or dependent. ”
( नीतिसूत्रे २१: १७; २९: ३, NW) पण प्रेमदया हा शब्द मात्र अमूर्त कल्पनांच्या किंवा वस्तूंच्या संदर्भात नव्हे तर लोकांच्या संदर्भात वापरला जातो.