Varaha Purana 193.45: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 45
Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness
सत्येन पालयते धर्मो धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः ॥ तस्मात् सत्यं कुरुष्वाद्य रक्ष आत्मानमात्मना
satyena pālyate dharmo dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ || tasmāt satyaṁ kuruṣvādya rakṣa ātmānam ātmanā
सच से धरम बनता है। जब तुम धरम को संभालते हो वो तुम्हे संभालता है। इसलिए आज से सच बोलो। अपने आप को अपने हाथ में रखो।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in this fragment)
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The maxim “dharma protects the one who protects it” is a well-attested ethical formula across Sanskrit literature, showing shared moral pedagogy between Purāṇas and Dharma-śāstra traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
Cultivate truthfulness to sustain dharma; ethical conduct is portrayed as reciprocally protective.
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