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Manusmriti 8.111

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.111

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Sanskrit

8.111

na vṛthā śapathaṃ kuryāt svalpe 'py arthe naro budhaḥ
vṛthā hi śapathaṃ kurvan pretya ceha ca naśyati //

Let no wise man swear an oath falsely, even in a trifling matter; for he who swears an oath falsely is lost in this (world) and after death.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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