Chapter 108 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 108

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 108.1

आश्वासयन्तं भरतं जाबालिब्राह्मणोत्तमः। उवाच रामं धर्मज्ञं धर्मापेतमिदं वचः॥

āśvāsayantaṃ bharataṃ jābālibrāhmaṇottamaḥ| uvāca rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmāpetamidaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

As Rāma cognizant of righteousness was thus encouraging Bharata, Jābāli, best of Brāhmaṇas, addressed him in words divorced from morality, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)