yo hyekaṃ vacanaṃ dvitīyaṃ ca mithyā vadet sa tṛtīyam api kiṃ na vadet, kastadānīṃ tasya pratiroddhā, yena tṛtīyāt sampratyayo jāyate //
For [if] someone would speak falsely [in] one statement and a second [statement], why would he not speak [falsely in] a third? Who then would be his restrainer, by virtue of which conviction should arise from the third?