Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.7

सत्यमेकपदं ब्रह्म सत्ये धर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः। सत्यमेवाक्षया वेदाः सत्येनावाप्यते परम्॥

satyamekapadaṃ brahma satye dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ| satyamevākṣayā vedāḥ satyenāvāpyate param||

English Meaning

The one syllable (Om signifying) Brahma is the truth itself. In truth is established righteousness. Truth is the undecaying Vedas, and through truth people attain the foremost state.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)