13/92 One who in testifying speaks an untruth is, all unwilling, bound fast by the cords of Varuna,[12] till an hundred births are passed.' ... (Then, speaking to one witness): 'Spirit (soul) is the witness for the Spirit, and the Spirit is likewise the refuge of the Spirit. Despise not, therefore, thine own spirit (or soul), the highest witness of man. Verily, the wicked think 'no one sees us,' but the gods are looking at them, and also the person within (conscience). _Dyaus, Earth, the Waters_, (the person in the) heart, _Moon, Sun, Fire, Yama, Wind, Night, the twin Twilights_, and Dharma know the conduct of all corporeal beings.... |