But now having once made a particular vow and then breaking it in front of the ‘Panchas’—literally meaning ‘five witnesses’ but here implying the whole assembly, the king is bound to invite an extremely bad name and infamy as a king who tells lies, is selfish and unrighteous. This infamy will spread across the world like wild-fire, and it is something most incongrues to even imagine and think of for such a noble king as Janak'.