The religious merit of a man bears no fruit, who having promised to do an act fails to perform it and is thus sullied with falsehood.
प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति कर्तव्यं तदकुर्वतः। मिथ्यावचनदग्धस्य इष्टापूर्त प्रणश्यति॥