Charak Samhita

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पायूपस्थं विसर्गार्थं हस्तौ ग्रहणधारणे| जिह्वा वागिन्द्रियं वाक् च सत्या ज्योतिस्तमोऽनृता ||२६||

sanskrit

The tongue represents the organ of speech which speaks in two ways, viz. truth and false. The truth can be compared with light, that illuminates (the knowledge of worldly life and life after death). The false creates darkness (that creates confusion).

english translation

pAyUpasthaM visargArthaM hastau grahaNadhAraNe| jihvA vAgindriyaM vAk ca satyA jyotistamo'nRtA ||26||

hk transliteration