In English
Consequence of departing from Truth
These are the cardinal principles of : , , and (truth, virtue, peace and love). , the eldest of the , was a sincere adherent of . But, during the battle, he was persuaded to utter a white lie, a subterfuge which he thought was excusable, though it was not cent percent honest. In order to kill , the master archer and General on the opposite side, they had to somehow trick him into discarding his bow, so they planned a subterfuge. They named a war- elephant after 's son, . Then, they killed it. Immediately within the hearing of , the Pandava army was asked to shout in glee, is killed - the elephant, which was strictly true. But while the soldiers were repeating the words, the elephant, drums were beaten, bugles were sounded, trumpets pealed, so that heard only the first three words. Naturally, he took them to mean that his son had met with his death from enemy hands. was heavily laden with grief, his hands could not wield the bow and the arrow, as deftly as usual; at that moment, he was overwhelmed and slain. For this one sin that he had encouraged, the only one in his life, had to spend a few minutes in Hell, says the epics. Such is the consequence of departing from even by a hair's breadth.