The man who knows the rules of morality and sits in an assembly, incurs half the demerit that attaches to a lie, if he does not answer a question put to him.
यो हि प्रश्न न विब्रूयाद धर्मदर्शी सभां गतः। अनृते या फलावाप्तिस्तस्याः सोऽधू समश्नुते॥