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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.8

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

1.51.8

kaccit te subhṛtā bhṛtyāḥ kaccit tiṣṭhanti śāsane
kaccit te vijitāḥ sarve ripavo ripusūdana

'Are your servants well provided for? Do they abide by your command? Are all your foes conquered, O slayer of foes?'

Words: kaccit — is it that; te — your; subhṛtā — well maintained; bhṛtyāḥ — the servants; kaccit — is it that; tiṣṭhanti — they stand, abide; śāsane — in (your) command; kaccit — is it that; te — your; vijitāḥ — conquered, subdued; sarve — all; ripavo — the enemies; ripusūdana — O slayer of foes

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.