Shloka 31
Go-dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Merit and Destinations from the Gift of Cows
सत्यके प्रभावसे सूर्य तपते हैं, सत्यसे अग्नि प्रजजलित होती है और सत्यसे ही वायुका सर्वत्र संचार होता है; क्योंकि सब कुछ सत्यपर ही टिका हुआ है ।।
satyena prabhavena sūryas tapate, satyena agniḥ prajvalito bhavati, satyena ca vāyor sarvatrābhisañcāraḥ; yataḥ sarvaṃ satye pratiṣṭhitam. satyena devāḥ prīyante pitaro brāhmaṇās tathā. satyam āhuḥ paro dharmas tasmāt satyaṃ na laṅghayet.
毗湿摩说道：“凭真实之力，太阳施热；凭真实，火焰炽燃；凭真实，风遍行四方——因为一切皆建立于真实之上。凭真实，诸天欢喜；祖灵与婆罗门亦复如是。真实被称为至上之达摩；故而切莫违越真实。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truth (satya) is presented as the supreme dharma and the very foundation of cosmic functioning; therefore one should not violate truth, since it sustains the world and pleases gods, ancestors, and brāhmaṇas.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he emphasizes truthfulness by linking natural forces (sun, fire, wind) and religious stakeholders (devas, pitṛs, brāhmaṇas) to the sustaining power of satya.