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Now the section on truthfulness: / The abode of trust, the destroyer of misfortune, worshipped by the gods, / wholesome food on the road to liberation, the quencher of water and fire, the paralyzer of tigers and serpents, / the charm for the highest good, the generator of prosperity, the revival of goodness, / the pleasure-garden of fame, the dwelling of majesty—truthful speech is purifying. // 29 // / Since through it fame turns to ashes like a forest from a wild fire, / which is the cause of sorrows as water is for trees, / in which there can be no talk of austerity and self-restraint, like light in one's own shadow, / the wise person in no way speaks that false speech. // 30