Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  When the demons asked Ravana why he didn’t just take Sita by force, he couldn’t prevaricate; he told them about the curse by Narakuvera which prevented him from forcibly violating any woman.

Mahabharata:  When the Kauravas were asked if they knew that the house in which the Pandavas had reportedly been burned was made of highly flammable lak, they prevaricated, which was answer enough for many.

Bhagavad-gita:  Although Krishna hadn’t prevaricated in the Gita’s second chapter, still Arjuna felt confused because he was hearing Krishna’s answers through preconceived categories of work and renunciation as two mutually exclusive paths.