upadeśān na sarvajñe 'pyayaṃ kiṃ vidyate tathā / idaṃ ca svoktamaparaṃ kimatra na samīkṣyate // sarvadā caiva puruṣāḥ prāyeṇānṛtavādinaḥ / yathādyatve na visrambhas tathātītārthakīrtane //
[We reply:] "Is not such testimony found regarding the omniscient one also? And why is your own other statement not considered here? [Namely that] men are generally liars at all times. Just as there can be no trust in [their words about] present matters, so too regarding accounts of past things."