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)