सर्गः १०१
In which Rāma refutes Jābāli counsel, praises truth as dharma and heaven root, and vows to keep his father forest promise
Rāma answers Jābāli with steady reason — Rāma rejects wrong act seeming right — Rāma says conduct marks pure and impure men — Rāma declares people follow king conduct — Rāma praises truth as dharma root and heaven path — Rāma vows to keep father forest promise — Rāma rejects Kṣatriya code mixing right and wrong — Rāma scorns expedient counsel and affirms forest offerings — Rāma cites Indra and seers winning heaven by truth and rites