Cetiyarājjātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1167

[1167] "His tongue is no more—even as a fish's, O lord of the directions— for him who, though he knows, when asked a question, answers it otherwise. If indeed you speak the truth, O king, be as you were before; but if you speak falsehood, O king, sink down deeper still, Cetiya!"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.