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असत्यवच नं प्राज्ञः प्रमादेनापि नो वदेत् । श्रेयांसि येन भज्यन्ते वात्ययेव महाद्रुमाः ॥ २॥ असत्यवचनाद्वैरविषादापत्ययादयः । पादुःषन्ति न के दोषाःकृपथ्यावयाधयो यथा ॥ ३ ॥ निगोदेष्वय तिर्यक्षु तथा नरकवासिषू । उत्पयन्ते मुषावादप्रसादेन शरीरिणः ॥ ४ ॥ ब्रूयाद् भयोपरोपादा नासत्यं कालिकार्यवत् ।
यस्तु ब्रूते स नरकं प्रयाति वमुराजवत् ॥ ५ ॥ 1. Astatyato laghiystavamasatyād vacanīyatā
Adhogati-r-asatyācca tasatyam parityajet 2. Asatyavaéanam prājnah pramă dénāpi no vadét
Śréyāmi si yèna bhajyanté vãtya yéva mahādrumah 3. Asatya-vacanad vairavisādāpratyayadayah
Prāduhsanti na ké doşäh kupathyād vyādhayo yathā 4. Nigodésvatha tiryaksu tatha naraka-vasisu
Utpadyanté mrişāvādapraså dena 'saririqaḥ 5. Bruyad bhayoparodhädvā na satyam kālikaryavat
Yastu brūtè sa narkam prayati Vasurajavat
1. By speaking lies, one becomes degraded; by speaking lies one is styled liar; by speaking lies, one goes to hell. One should, therefore, abandon untruth.
2. A wiseman should not speak an untrue word even thro ugh carelessness, because, just as, big trees are broken down by the gust of powerful winds in the same manner, good fortunes are destroyed by falsehood
3. Just as, diseases are produced by eating unsalutary food, in the same way, what other blemishes besides enmity, repugnance, distrust, etc are not produced by telling untruths ? 3.
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