It is Truth that pleases the deities, the departed Manes, and the Brahmanas, Truth has been said to be the highest duty. Therefore, no one should ever transgress Truth.
सत्येन देवाः प्रीयन्ते पितरो ब्राह्मणास्तथा। सत्यमाहुः परो धर्मस्तस्मात् सत्यं न लड्वयेत्॥