आज्ञापितं माम् अशने रुदन्तं सह बन्धुभिः ॥
ददर्श ब्राह्मणः कश् चिन् मन्त्रसिद्धो महाबलः ॥
परिपृच्छ्य स मां पूर्वं परिक्लेशं पुरस्य च ॥
अब्रवीद् ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ आश्वास्य प्रहसन्न् इव ॥
प्रापयिष्याम्य् अहं तस्मै इदम् अन्नं दुरात्मने ॥
मन्निमित्तं भयं चापि न कार्यम् इति वीर्यवान् ॥
ājñāpitaṃ mām aśane rudantaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ ||
dadarśa brāhmaṇaḥ kaś cin mantrasiddho mahābalaḥ ||
paripṛcchya sa māṃ pūrvaṃ parikleśaṃ purasya ca ||
abravīd brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha āśvāsya prahasann iva ||
prāpayiṣyāmy ahaṃ tasmai idam annaṃ durātmane ||
mannimittaṃ bhayaṃ cāpi na kāryam iti vīryavān ||
The brahmin said: "Me, being compelled to go with the food, weeping with my kinsfolk, a certain brahmin saw — one perfected in mantras, of great strength. Having first asked me about the calamity, both mine and the city's, that best of brahmins, comforting me as if smiling, said: 'I shall deliver this food to that villain, and on my account no fear need be harbored.'"
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Here the brahmin proclaims the truth without revealing names. His skill is significant: he tells everything as it happened, yet calls his deliverer only "a certain brahmin perfected in mantras" — not a lie, but a concealment; truthfulness is preserved, the secret is kept. Fidelity does not require falsehood: one can speak the truth without disclosing what must be kept hidden. Significant too is that the kindness of his savior is imprinted in his memory — how he "comforted him, as if smiling": mercy is dearer than the deliverance itself. Thus the scripture shows that the grateful one keeps both the secret and the memory of the benefactor's kindness; and the brahmin's account honors Bhima without exposing him.