सत्यधर्मप्रतिपादनम्
Rama’s Defense of Truth and Dharma in Reply to Jabali
निन्दाम्यहं कर्म कृतं पितुस्तद्यस्त्वामगृह्णाद्विषमस्थबुद्धिम्।
बुद्ध्याऽनयैवंविधया चरन्तं सुनास्तिकं धर्मपथादपेतम्।।2.109.33।।
nindāmy ahaṃ karma pituḥ kṛtaṃ tad yas tvām agṛhṇād viṣamastha-buddhim |
buddhyā anayaivaṃ-vidhayā carantaṃ su-nāstikaṃ dharma-pathād apetam || 2.109.33 ||
আমি আমার পিতার সেই কর্মকে নিন্দা করি, যিনি তোমাকে—বিষম ও কুটিল বুদ্ধিসম্পন্নকে—গ্রহণ করেছিলেন; তুমি এমন বুদ্ধি নিয়ে ঘুরে বেড়াও, ঘোর নাস্তিক, ধর্মপথ থেকে পতিত।
You are a great atheist, you have fallen from the path of righteousness. You are guided by an intellect which is extremely peridous. I, therefore, disapprove of myfather's decision in inducting a man like you (into the council of ministers).
Wrong counsel is ethically dangerous; accepting advisers who have fallen from dharma is portrayed as a blameworthy act even for a king.
Rāma sharply rebukes Jābāli, characterizing his reasoning as nāstika and censuring even Daśaratha’s having admitted him into counsel.
Rigorous moral accountability: Rāma applies dharma-standards even to his father’s decisions and to the legitimacy of political counsel.