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