Valmiki Ramayana 2.109.39: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109, Shloka 39
सत्यधर्मप्रतिपादनम्
Rama’s Defense of Truth and Dharma in Reply to Jabali
न चापि कालोऽय मुपागतश्शनैर्यथा मया नास्तिकवागुदीरिता ।
निवर्तनार्थं तव राम कारणात् प्रसादनार्थं च मयैतदीरितम् ॥३९॥
na cāpi kālo'yam upāgataś śanair yathā mayā nāstikavāg udīritā |
nivartanārthaṃ tava rāma kāraṇāt prasādanārthaṃ ca mayaitad īritam ||39||
Dan kini, waktunya telah perlahan-lahan tiba untuk aku berkata seperti itu. Kata-kata yang seakan-akan ateis itu, wahai Rāma, diucapkan demi dirimu—untuk menahanmu daripada berpaling, dan juga untuk meraih keredaanmu.
O Rama, since the appropriate time has slowly come, I have uttered this. In order to persuade you to return and to propitiate you I have said these words.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē navōttaraśatatamassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the one hundredninth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Ends-versus-means tension: persuasive intent (to bring Rāma back) is asserted, but dharma still demands truthfulness and principled speech.
Jābāli explains that his earlier counsel was tactical—meant to make Rāma return and to appease him—closing the sarga’s argumentative arc.
Conciliation (prasādana) as a counselor’s tool, though it implicitly invites scrutiny about ethical consistency.
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