yathā rāgādiyukto mṛṣāvādī dṛṣṭa ityanvayavyatirekābhyāṃ girāṃ mithyātvahetavo doṣā niścitās tathā kṛpādiguṇayuktaḥ satyavāk dṛṣṭa iti kṛpādayoguṇāḥ satyatvahetava iti
Just as one who is influenced by passion and other [such defects] is seen to speak falsely—thus through positive and negative concomitance it is ascertained that defects are the causes of verbal falsity—similarly one endowed with compassion and other virtues is seen to speak truthfully; hence compassion and other virtues are the causes of truthfulness.