Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 100: Jābāli challenges the exile · 2.100.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.100.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 100: Jābāli challenges the exile. He questions permanent family ties, offerings to the dead and belief in the unseen, urging Rāma to accept the available Kingdom

In the sequence: Jābāli intervenes, urging Rāma to reconsider the beliefs keeping him in exile

2.100.1

āśvāsayantaṃ bharataṃ jābālir brāhmaṇottamaḥ
uvāca rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmāpetam idaṃ vacaḥ

As Rāma was consoling Bharata, Jābāli, the foremost of brahmins, spoke to that knower of dharma these words devoid of dharma:

Words: āśvāsayantaṃ — consoling, reassuring; bharataṃ — Bharata; jābālir — Jābāli; brāhmaṇottamaḥ — the foremost of brahmins; uvāca — said, spoke; rāmaṃ — to Rāma; dharmajñaṃ — the knower of dharma; dharmāpetam — devoid of dharma; idaṃ vacaḥ — these words

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.