Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.11

अन्तकाले हि भूतानि मुह्यन्तीति पुरा श्रुतिः । राज्ञैवं कुर्वता लोके प्रत्यक्षा सा श्रुतिः कृता॥

antakāle hi bhūtāni muhyantīti purā śrutiḥ | rājñaivaṃ kurvatā loke pratyakṣā sā śrutiḥ kṛtā||

English Meaning

'Creatures, as their end approaches, lose their sense this ancient adage has been illustrated in the world by the course the king has taken.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)