हृतस्वस्य हि यद् दुःखं हतपुत्रस्य चापि यत् ॥
ऋणिनं प्रति यच् चैव राज्ञा ग्रस्तस्य चापि यत् ॥
स्त्रियाः पत्या विहीनायाः सार्थाद् भ्रष्टस्य चैव यत् ॥
अध्यूढायाश् च यद् दुःखं साक्षिभिर् विहतस्य च ॥
एतानि वै समान्य् आहुर् दुःखानि त्रिदशेश्वराः ॥
तानि सर्वाणि दुःखानि प्राप्नोति वितथं ब्रुवन् ॥
समक्षदर्शनात् साक्ष्यं श्रवणाच् चेति धारणात् ॥
तस्मात् सत्यं ब्रुवन् साक्षी धर्मार्थाभ्यां न हीयते ॥
hṛtasvasya hi yad duḥkhaṃ hataputrasya cāpi yat ||
ṛṇinaṃ prati yac caiva rājñā grastasya cāpi yat ||
striyāḥ patyā vihīnāyāḥ sārthād bhraṣṭasya caiva yat ||
adhyūḍhāyāś ca yad duḥkhaṃ sākṣibhir vihatasya ca ||
etāni vai samāny āhur duḥkhāni tridaśeśvarāḥ ||
tāni sarvāṇi duḥkhāni prāpnoti vitathaṃ bruvan ||
samakṣadarśanāt sākṣyaṃ śravaṇāc ceti dhāraṇāt ||
tasmāt satyaṃ bruvan sākṣī dharmārthābhyāṃ na hīyate ||
[Kashyapa:] "The grief of a man whose wealth has been seized, and the grief of one whose son has been killed, and the grief of a debtor before his creditor, and the grief of one devoured by the king, the grief of a woman bereft of her husband, and of one fallen away from a caravan, and of one given away into a foreign house, and of one struck down by false witnesses -- these griefs, say the lords of the thirty gods, are equal to one another; and all of them befall the one who speaks falsehood. Testimony comes from direct sight and from hearing -- such is the rule; therefore a witness who speaks the truth falls away neither from dharma nor from artha."
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The list of griefs is not accidental: the liar brings upon himself the suffering of everyone whom falsehood can cast down -- for a false word in court orphans, ruins, enslaves, and leaves widowed. Thus it is revealed that untruth is not an abstract offense but the root of a neighbor's tangible misfortunes. The conclusion is significant: the truthful witness "falls away neither from dharma nor from artha" -- truth safeguards not only the soul but also one's possessions, for the very order of the world rests upon truth. The verse teaches that a word holds the fates of people, and therefore whoever speaks it is bound to measure it by truth; and the assembly that hears this has no excuse for silence -- before it stand both Draupadi and this entire law.