SB 8.19.38
TEXT 38
- atrāpi bahvṛcair gītaṁ
- śṛṇu me 'sura-sattama
- satyam om iti yat proktaṁ
- yan nety āhānṛtaṁ hi tat
SYNONYMS
atra api — in this regard also (in deciding what is truth and what is not truth); bahu-ṛcaiḥ — by the śruti-mantras known as Bahvṛca-śruti, which are evidence from the Vedas; gītam — what has been spoken; śṛṇu — just hear; me — from me; asura-sattama — O best of the asuras; satyam — the truth is; om iti — preceded by the word oṁ; yat — that which; proktam — has been spoken; yat — that which is; na — not preceded by oṁ; iti — thus; āha — it is said; anṛtam — untruth; hi — indeed; tat — that.
TRANSLATION
One might argue that since you have already promised, how can you refuse? O best of the demons, just take from me the evidence of the Bahvṛca-śruti, which says that a promise is truthful preceded by the word oṁ and untruthful if not.