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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.9

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

1.51.9

kaccid bale ca kośe ca mitreṣu ca paraṃtapa
kuśalaṃ te naravyāghra putrapautre tathānagha

'Is all well in your army, treasury, and allies, O scorcher of foes? And with your sons and grandsons, O tiger among men, O sinless one?'

Words: kaccid — is it that; bale — in the army; ca — and; kośe — in the treasury; ca — and; mitreṣu — among the allies; ca — and; paraṃtapa — O scorcher of foes; kuśalaṃ — well; te — your; naravyāghra — O tiger among men; putrapautre — with sons and grandsons; tathānagha — and, O sinless one

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.