विवाहकाले रतिसंप्रयोगे प्राणात्यये सर्वधनापहारे ।
विप्रस्य चार्थे ह्यनृतं वदेत पंचानृतान्याहुरपातकानि ॥
vivāha-kāle rati-saṁprayoge prāṇātyaye sarva-dhanāpahāre |
viprasya cārthe hy anṛtaṁ vadeta pañcānṛtāny āhur apātakāni ||
(Mahābhārata: 8.49.29)
“Speaking an untruth at the time of marriage, amid romantic union, when one’s life is at stake, when all of one’s wealth may be lost, and for the sake of a brāhmaṇa—these five untruths are said to be sinless.”