Cetiyarājjātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1166

[1166] "His tongue splits in two, like a serpent's, O lord of the directions — whoever, knowing the truth, when asked a question, would answer it otherwise. For if you speak the truth, O king, be as you were before; but if you speak falsehood, O king, sink deeper still, O Cetiya!"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.