Chapter 2 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 2.21

अरयश्च मनुष्येण विज्ञेयाश्छद्मचारिणः। विश्वस्तानामविश्वस्ताश्छिद्रेषु प्रहरन्त्यपि॥

arayaśca manuṣyeṇa vijñeyāśchadmacāriṇaḥ| viśvastānāmaviśvastāśchidreṣu praharantyapi||

English Meaning

People should know that enemies, always treacherous by nature, range under false guises. And those foes, availing of their credulity, bring about their destruction whenever opportunity presents itself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)