I have never before spoken an untruth, and an untruth I shall never speak. Here in the midst of the gods and the Rishis I say the truth.
अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे न च वक्ष्ये कदाचन। देवतानामृषीणां च मध्ये सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्॥