Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 27
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
एष वाणीकृतो देवि धर्म: सेव्य: सदा नरै: । शुभ: सत्यगुणो नित्यं वर्जनीयो मृषा बुचै:
eṣa vāṇīkṛto devi dharmaḥ sevyaḥ sadā naraiḥ | śubhaḥ satyaguṇo nityaṃ varjanīyo mṛṣā budhaiḥ ||
Sinabi ni Maheśvara: “O Diyosa, ito ang dharma na hinubog sa pamamagitan ng pananalita. Dapat itong isagawa ng tao sa lahat ng panahon. Ang marurunong ay nararapat na laging magsalita ng mapalad at tapat na salita, at talikdan ang kasinungalingan.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech itself is a field of dharma: one should consistently cultivate auspicious and truthful words, and the wise must renounce falsehood.
Maheśvara addresses Devī and summarizes a rule of right conduct centered on speech—urging continual practice of truthful, beneficial utterance and rejection of lying.