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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.100.10
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: Daśaratha has followed the fate of all mortals, he says, and Rāma's suffering cannot benefit him
2.100.10
na te kaś cid daśarataḥs tvaṃ ca tasya na kaś cana
anyo rājā tvam anyaś ca tasmāt kuru yad ucyate
Daśaratha was nothing to you, and you were nothing to him; the king was one person and you are another — therefore do as you are told.
Words: na te kaś cid — nothing to you; daśarataḥs — Daśaratha; tvaṃ ca — and you; tasya — to him; na kaś cana — nothing at all; anyo rājā — the king was another; tvam anyaś ca — and you are another; tasmāt — therefore; kuru — do; yad ucyate — what is said
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.