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Aaruni said, “O Shvetaketu! When a person is accused of theft, the soldiers of the king take him to court for his trial. There he is asked to touch a hot iron rod as a part of his trial. If he has committed the theft then he gets burnt by the hot iron rod which proves his crime. But if he is really not guilty then he does not get burnt as he is covered by the truth. In that case they set him free of the charge.”

“Just like the person in that trial who does not get burnt because he...