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