Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.9

सत्यमेवानृशंसं च राजवृत्तं सनातनम्। तस्मात् सत्यात्मकं राज्यं सत्ये लोकः प्रतिष्ठितः॥

satyamevānṛśaṃsaṃ ca rājavṛttaṃ sanātanam| tasmāt satyātmakaṃ rājyaṃ satye lokaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ||

English Meaning

This eternal regal morality founded in kindness towards the subjects, is verily true. Hence a kingdom is essentially based upon truth; and this world itself is established in truth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)