Chapter 48 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 48.3

यज्वनो महिषीं मामूचुः पत्नी च सत्रिणः। तेऽद्य सर्वे हते रामे ज्ञानिनोऽनृतवादिनः॥

yajvano mahiṣīṃ māmūcuḥ patnī ca satriṇaḥ| te'dya sarve hate rāme jñānino'nṛtavādinaḥ||

English Meaning

Those also, who having celebrated sacrifices and rites, had said that I should become the queen (of Rama), on Rāma being slain, seems today to have spoken a falsehood, although they are possessed of knowledge.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)