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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०९2.109.p06601–2.109.p06605
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०९2.109.p06601

Sanskrit · 2.109.p06601

जाबालेस्तु वच: श्रुत्वा राम: सत्यात्मनां वर: । उवाच परया भक्त्या स्वबुद्ध्या चाविपन्नया ।। २.१०९.१ ।।

English · Meaning

Having heard Jabali's words, Rama, the best among the truthful, spoke with supreme devotion and with his own unerring understanding.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०९2.109.p06602

Sanskrit · 2.109.p06602

भवान् मे प्रियकामार्थं वचनं यदिहोक्तवान् । अकार्य्यं कार्य्यसङ्काशमपथ्यं पथ्यसम्मितम् ।। २.१०९.२ ।।

English · Meaning

You, desiring what is dear to me, have spoken these words here for my benefit: what is improper is made to appear proper, and what is unwholesome is represented as wholesome.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०९2.109.p06603

Sanskrit · 2.109.p06603

निर्मर्यादस्तु पुरुष: पापाचारसमन्वित: । मानं न लभते सत्सु भिन्नचारित्रदर्शन: ।। २.१०९.३ ।।

English · Meaning

But a man without propriety, endowed with sinful conduct, does not receive honor among the virtuous, being seen as one of divergent character.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०९2.109.p06604

Sanskrit · 2.109.p06604

कुलीनमकुलीनं वा वीरं पुरुषमानिनम् । चारित्रमेव व्याख्याति शुचिं वा यदि वा ऽशुचिम् ।। २.१०९.४ ।।

English · Meaning

Whether high-born or low-born, heroic or merely one who considers himself a man, character alone declares whether one is pure or impure.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०९2.109.p06605

Sanskrit · 2.109.p06605

अनार्यस्त्वार्यसङ्काश: शौचाद्धीनस्तथा शुचि: । लक्षण्यवदलक्षण्यो दु:शील: शीलवानिव ।। २.१०९.५ ।।

English · Meaning

Though not noble, he appears like a noble man; though fallen away from purity, he is as if pure. Though lacking auspicious marks, he seems endowed with marks; of bad conduct, yet seeming like a man of good conduct.

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