Chapter 48 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 48.5

ऊचुः संश्रवणे ये मां द्विजाः कान्तिकाः शुभाम्। । तेऽद्य सर्वे हते रामे ज्ञानिनोऽनृतवादिनः॥

ūcuḥ saṃśravaṇe ye māṃ dvijāḥ kāntikāḥ śubhām| | te'dya sarve hate rāme jñānino'nṛtavādinaḥ||

English Meaning

Those twice-born ones that in any hearing had said auspicious words, on Rāma being slain, seem today to have spoken a falsehood although they were possessed of knowledge.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)