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Vidura Niti 3.11

Vidura speaking to King Dhritarashtra

Sudhanwan said, “The person that misuseth his tongue suffers like the deserted wife, who pineth, at night, beholding her husband sleeping in the arms of a co-wife; like a person who hath lost at dice, or who is weighed down with an unbearable load of anxieties. Such a man hath also to stay, starving outside the city gates, into which his admission is barred. Indeed, he that giveth false evidence is destined to always find his foes.

In plain words: Sudhanwan says a person who lies when asked to judge suffers terribly. It is like a wife left alone while her husband sleeps with another wife, or like someone who lost everything gambling or is crushed by worry. Such a liar is shut out, goes hungry, and always has enemies.

Mahabharata, Vidura Niti
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