Having walked among both human beings and the gods, I say that Truth is the only means for reaching heaven even as a ship is the only means for crossing deep.
आचक्षेऽहं मनुष्येभ्यो देवेभ्यः प्रतिसंचरन्। सत्यं स्वर्गस्य सोपानं पारावारस्य नौरिव॥