When one's life is endangered, at marriage, at the risk of destruction of one's kith and kin or in the course of business, all that is uttered will not be regarded as falsehood. To those who are well-versed in the real secrets of morality, there appear no immorality in all this.
प्राणात्यये विवाहे वा सर्वज्ञातिवधात्यये। नर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्ते वा न च प्रोक्तं मृषा भवेत्॥ अधर्म नात्र पश्यन्ति धर्मतत्त्वार्थदर्शिनः।