Chapter 22 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 22.31

यो हि मामनृतं कुर्याद्देवो वा मानुषोऽपि वा। त्रैलोक्यमनृतं तेन कृतं स्यान्नात्र संशयः॥ क्रुद्धेन विप्रमुक्तोऽयं निर्विशेष प्रियाप्रिये। प्रजाः संहरते रौद्रो लोकत्रयभयावहः॥

yo hi māmanṛtaṃ kuryāddevo vā mānuṣo'pi vā| trailokyamanṛtaṃ tena kṛtaṃ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ|| kruddhena vipramukto'yaṃ nirviśeṣa priyāpriye| prajāḥ saṃharate raudro lokatrayabhayāvahaḥ||

English Meaning

Verily he, that, whether a god or a human being, shall falsify my words, shall render the triune universe false. There is no doubt about this. If this terrific weapon, capable of affrighting the three spheres, be discharged alike at friends and foes, it will destroy creatures.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)