That man who having promised to make a gift of earth does not actually make it, or who having made a gift resumes it, has to pass a long time, in great misery on account of being tied with the noose of Varuna at the command of Death.
न ददाति प्रतिश्रुत्य दत्त्वापि च हरेत् तु यः। स बद्धो वारुणैः पाशैस्तप्यते मृत्युशासनात्॥