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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.5

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 51: Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality. Vasiṣṭha insists on hosting the whole army and asks Śabalā to provide a feast satisfying every guest’s tastes

In the sequence: he asks about Vasiṣṭha's austerity, offerings, pupils, and woodland → Vasiṣṭha asks in return about the Kingdom's government, servants, enemies, army, treasury, allies, and family → both report that all is well and enjoy a long conversation

1.51.5

viśvāmitro mahātejā vanaspatigaṇe tathā
sarvatra kuśalaṃ cāha vasiṣṭho rājasattamam

Viśvāmitra of great splendour asked likewise about the host of forest-trees; and Vasiṣṭha told the best of kings that all was well everywhere.

Words: viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahātejā — of great splendour; vanaspatigaṇe — about the host of forest-trees; tathā — likewise, too; sarvatra — everywhere; kuśalaṃ — well; cāha — and said; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; rājasattamam — to the best of kings

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.