Chapter 48 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 48.4

वीरपार्थिवपत्नीनां ये विदुर्भर्तृपूजिताम्। तेऽद्य सर्वे हते रामे ज्ञानिनोऽनृतवादिनः॥

vīrapārthivapatnīnāṃ ye vidurbhartṛpūjitām| te'dya sarve hate rāme jñānino'nṛtavādinaḥ||

English Meaning

They also asserted that I should be honoured of the wives of heroic kings as well as of my lord, but on Rāma being slain, they seem to have spoken a falsehood, although possessed of knowledge.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)