न ह्यसत्यात् परोऽधर्म इति होवाच भूरियम् । सर्वं सोढुमलं मन्ये ऋतेऽलीकपरं नरम् ॥ ४ ॥
na hy asatyat paro ’dharma iti hovaca bhur iyam sarvam sodhum alam manye rte ’lika-param naram
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- asatyat
- than compulsion to untruthfulness
- parah
- more
- adharmah
- irreligion
- iti
- thus
- ha uvaca
- indeed had spoken
- bhuh
- mother earth
- iyam
- this
- sarvam
- everything
- sodhum
- to bear
- alam
- I am able
- manye
- although I think
- rte
- except
- alika-param
- the most heinous liar
- naram
- a human being.
There is nothing more sinful than untruthfulness. Because of this, mother earth once said, I can bear any heavy thing except a person who is a liar