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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.7

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

1.51.7

kaccit te kuśalaṃ rājan kaccid dharmeṇa rañjayan
prajāḥ pālayase rājan rājavṛttena dhārmika

'Is it well with you, O king? Do you, O righteous king, protect your subjects by kingly conduct, delighting them with dharma?'

Words: kaccit — is it well that (particle of anxious inquiry); te — with you, your; kuśalaṃ — well-being; rājan — O king; kaccid — is it that; dharmeṇa — with dharma; rañjayan — delighting, pleasing; prajāḥ — the subjects; pālayase — you protect; rājan — O king; rājavṛttena — by kingly conduct; dhārmika — O righteous one

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.