सत्येन पूयते साक्षी धर्मः सत्येन वर्धते । तस्मात् सत्यं हि वक्तव्यं सर्ववर्णेषु साक्षिभिः ॥ ८३ ॥
sanskrit
’By truthfulness a witness is purified, through truthfulness his merit grows, truth must, therefore, be spoken by witnesses of all castes (varna).
english translation