Srila Prabhupada has translated the word JIHMA as “diplomacy.” It is mentioned as one of the symptoms of kali-yuga tantamount to lying – one of the sins so egregious that mother earth cannot tolerate it. Yet, under certain circumstances, lying (like animal and human killing) is permitted, even for Vaisnavas. Here’s the relevant passage: “Sometimes one must act duplicitously in a dangerous position, as Vasudeva did to save his wife. The material world is complicated, and to execute one’s duties, one cannot avoid adopting such diplomacy.” (Srila Prabhupada’s purport to text 53 of Chapter one, in Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10.)