← 2.101.29 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 101: Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice · 2.101.31 →
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.101.30
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 101: Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice. A ruler’s actions guide his subjects, truth sustains trust and no worldly gain justifies breaking his father’s promise
In the sequence: he renews his intention to live with restraint in the forest and fulfill the vow through his own actions.
2.101.30
satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca parākramaṃ ca bhūtānukampāṃ priyavāditāṃ ca
dvijātidevātithipūjanaṃ ca panthānam āhus tridivasya santaḥ
Truth, righteousness, and valour; compassion for living beings and kindly speech; and the honouring of brahmins, gods, and guests — these the good declare to be the path to heaven.
Words: satyaṃ ca — truth, and; dharmaṃ ca — dharma, and; parākramaṃ ca — valour, and; bhūtānukampāṃ — compassion for beings; priyavāditāṃ ca — and kindly speech; dvijātidevātithipūjanaṃ ca — and the honouring of brahmins, gods, and guests; panthānam āhus — they declare to be the path; tridivasya — of heaven; santaḥ — the good, the virtuous
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.