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nahi kahi--na kahio e mithya-vacana

sabe kahibe--’mora kichu nahika smarana’

SYNONYMS

nahi kahi—I did not say; na kahio—do not say; e—this; mithya-vacana—false statement; sabe—only; kahibe—you shall say; mora—my; kichu—anything; nahika—not; smarana—remembrance "You do not have to flatly deny that you spoke such a thing.

There is no need to make a false statement.

Simply say that you do not remember what you said.