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16 the Truths in Mind and in Deed under thirteen heads, namely: —

1. Impartiality,

2. Self-control,

3. Forgiveness,

4. Modesty,

5. Freedom from Envy,

6. Endurance,

7. Goodness,

8. Renunciation,

9. Contemplation,

10. Dignity,

11. Fortitude,

12. Compassion

and

13. Abstention from Injury.

This division of truth includes only truths in mind and in deed. It clearly appears from Bhishma's explanation of truth that one should strictly observe the principles of truth even in observing these thirteen virtues.

I am afraid that strict truth does not prevail in general mercantile business. This absence of truth is a sin, because it causes loss to other people. In practice people sometimes speak untruths to children and sick persons only for their