Shloka 2.108.2
जाबाल्युपदेशः — Jabali’s Pragmatic Counsel to Rama
साधु राघव माऽभूत्ते बुध्दिरेवं निरर्थिका।प्राकृतस्य नरस्येव ह्यार्यबुद्धेर्मनस्विनः।।।।
pitryaṁ rājyaṁ parityajya sa nārhasi narottama |
āsthātuṁ kāpathaṁ duḥkhaṁ viṣamaṁ bahukaṇṭakam ||
O best of men, you should not forsake the ancestral kingdom and take to a wrongful path—painful, uneven, and thorny with dangers.
Very well, O scion of the Raghu race, you are noble-minded and high-souled. You, like a common man, must not entertain such nonsensical thought.
It appeals to rājadharma and rightful responsibility: abandoning legitimate duty for a perilous course is portrayed as adharma (a ‘wrong path’).
Bharata urges Rāma not to renounce the kingship that properly belongs to him, warning that such refusal leads to hardship and danger.
Responsibility and steadfastness in rightful duty—accepting burdens that protect the realm.