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)