Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.9

वचो मिथ्याप्रणीतात्मा पथ्यमुक्तं विचक्षणैः। राक्षसानामभावाय त्वं वा न प्रतिपद्यसे॥

vaco mithyāpraṇītātmā pathyamuktaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ| rākṣasānāmabhāvāya tvaṃ vā na pratipadyase||

English Meaning

Or the considerate people have spoken the truth, but you, for the destruction of the race of the Raksasas, considering that false, had not followed it.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)