Chapter 52 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 52.10

मनार्यजुष्टं वचनं निशम्य। उवाच वाक्यं परमार्थतत्त्वं विभीषणो बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठः॥

manāryajuṣṭaṃ vacanaṃ niśamya| uvāca vākyaṃ paramārthatattvaṃ vibhīṣaṇo buddhimatāṃ variṣṭhaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing these words grounded in unrighteousness, evil every way, and worthy of the base, that foremost of intelligent ones, Vibhișana, spoke words couching supreme import,

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)