Chapter 7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 7.19

धर्मवादी शठो भर्ता श्लक्ष्णवादी च दारुणः। शुद्धभावेन जानीषे तेनैवमतिसंधिता॥

dharmavādī śaṭho bhartā ślakṣṇavādī ca dāruṇaḥ| śuddhabhāvena jānīṣe tenaivamatisaṃdhitā||

English Meaning

Your maintainer speaks most morally; but is crafty for all that: he speaks blandly, but has a crooked heart. Him you take as of blessed condition, and therefore are gulled.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)