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)