सत्यं शपथो वा परत्रेह च स्थावरः संधिः इहार्थ एव प्रतिभूः प्रतिग्रहो वा बलापेक्षः ॥ कZ_०७.१७.०५ ॥
satyaṃ śapatho vā paratreha ca sthāvaraḥ saṃdhiḥ ihārtha eva pratibhūḥ pratigraho vā balāpekṣaḥ
La véracité ou un serment constituent un traité durable ici-bas comme dans l’au-delà ; mais un garant ou un gage reçu n’a de force que pour des fins de ce monde et dépend de la puissance relative.
Material guarantees (surety/pledge) work only when backed by power; without strength, enforcement collapses.
To distinguish moral-religious constraints (oath/truth) from purely strategic constraints; the former claims durability beyond immediate material incentives.