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)