Valmiki Ramayana 2.108.3: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 108, Shloka 3
जाबाल्युपदेशः · Jabali’s Pragmatic Counsel to Rama
कः कस्य पुरुषो बन्धुः किमाप्यं कस्य केनचित् ।
यदेको जायते जन्तुरेक एव विनश्यति ॥३॥
kaḥ kasya puruṣo bandhuḥ kim āpyaṁ kasya kenacit |
yad eko jāyate jantur eka eva vinaśyati ||3||
ఎవరు ఎవరికీ నిజమైన బంధువు? ఎవరు ఎవరి నుండి నిజంగా ఏమి పొందగలరు? ఎందుకంటే జీవి ఒంటరిగా పుడతాడు, ఒంటరిగా నశిస్తాడు.
Who is whose friend? who is to get what and from whom? Man is born alone and will die alone.
FAQs
It teaches vairāgya (detachment): recognizing the ultimate aloneness of birth and death helps one act without possessiveness and with clarity about duty.
Bharata argues philosophically with Rāma, pressing a view that worldly relations are not ultimately binding—part of a broader attempt to persuade Rāma regarding the kingdom.
Dispassion and philosophical austerity—seeing beyond social labels like ‘mine’ and ‘yours’.
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