Jābāli
mythological figure · 2 works · 5 mentions · 7 anchored passages
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
Sage credited with the verse establishing that Pratipad and Pañcamī are fasted on when conjoined with the previous tithi.
"Pratipad and Pañcamī are to be fasted on when conjoined with the previous *tithi*.
These statements of Śātātapa, Marīci, and Jābāli should be explained as being in accordance with the view of those who hold that the sun's disc is its apparent motion plus its own fifteenth part.
> If in a single year there are two extra months, / > the former month is praised;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
A brāhmaṇa in Bharata's retinue who argues a materialist, anti-ritual position to persuade Rāma to take the throne.
"Jābāli too understands the comings and goings of this world — he spoke these words only wishing to turn you back.
While Rāma was consoling Bharata, Jābāli, the most excellent of brāhmaṇas, spoke to Rāma who was learned in dharma — these words that were devoid of dharma:
Heeding the counsel of the wise, which illuminates all the world, accept the kingdom, appeased by Bharata's entreaty.