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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.100.6

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: he argues that each person is born and dies alone, and that family, property, and homes are temporary associations, like lodgings on a journey

2.100.6

evam eva manuṣyāṇāṃ pitā mātā gṛhaṃ vasu
āvāsamātraṃ kākutstha sajjante nātra sajjanāḥ

just so, O Kākutstha, for men their father, mother, home and wealth are but a lodging-place; the wise do not become attached to these.

Words: evam eva — just so; manuṣyāṇāṃ — of men; pitā — father; mātā — mother; gṛhaṃ — home; vasu — wealth; āvāsamātraṃ — a mere lodging; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; sajjante — become attached; nātra — not to these; sajjanāḥ — the wise, the good

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.