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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.100.11

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

2.100.11

gataḥ sa nṛpatis tatra gantavyaṃ yatra tena vai
pravṛttir eṣā martyānāṃ tvaṃ tu mithyā vihanyase

That king has gone there, whither he was bound to go; this is the natural course of mortals — but you afflict yourself in vain.

Words: gataḥ — has gone; sa nṛpatis — that king; tatra — there; gantavyaṃ — to be gone (whither one must go); yatra — where; tena vai — by him indeed; pravṛttir eṣā — this is the course; martyānāṃ — of mortals; tvaṃ tu — but you; mithyā — in vain, uselessly; vihanyase — are being tormented

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.