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[Rama's justification for adhering to the supreme values of dharma and truth.]

जाबालेस्तु वचश्श्रुत्वा राम स्सत्यात्मनां वरः।

उवाच परया भक्त्या स्वबुद्ध्या चाविपन्नया।।2.109.1।।

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सत्यात्मनाम् among truthful men, वरः best, रामः Rama, जाबालेः Jabali's, वचः words, श्रुत्वा hearing, परया supreme, भक्त्या with devotion, अविपन्नया unshaken, स्वबुद्ध्या च by his own judgment, उवाच said.

Hearing Jabali's words, Rama, the foremost among the truthful, gave a rejoinder, exercising his own judgment and firm conviction with due respect (to Jabali).