SB 8.19.38
Devanāgarī
अत्रापि बह्वृचैर्गीतं शृणु मेऽसुरसत्तम । सत्यमोमिति यत् प्रोक्तं यन्नेत्याहानृतं हि तत् ॥ ३८ ॥
Text
atrāpi bahvṛcair gītaṁ śṛṇu me ’sura-sattama satyam om iti yat proktaṁ yan nety āhānṛtaṁ hi tat
Synonyms
atraapi—in this regard also (in deciding what is truth and what is not truth);bahu-ṛcaiḥ—by theśruti-mantrasknown asBahvṛca-śruti,which are evidence from theVedas;gītam—what has been spoken;śṛṇu—just hear;me—from me;asura-sattama—O best of theasuras;satyam—the truth is;omiti—preceded by the wordom;yat—that which;proktam—has been spoken;yat—that which is;na—not preceded byom;iti—thus;āha—it is said;anṛtam—untruth;hi—indeed;tat—that.
Translation
One might argue that since you have already promised, how can you refuse? O best of the demons, just take from me the evidence of the Bahvṛca-śruti, which says that a promise is truthful preceded by the word om and untruthful if not.