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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 7: The ministers who sustain the Kingdom. Ministers and priests advise Daśaratha, gather intelligence, maintain the treasury and army, and administer justice without favour

In the sequence: their cooperation, vigilance, and judgment support the Kingdom's peace and win respect abroad

1.7.11

śucīnām ekabuddhīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ saṃprajānatām
nāsīt pure vā rāṣṭre vā mṛṣāvādī naraḥ kva cit

Under all these (ministers), honest, of one mind, and fully discerning, there was nowhere in city or kingdom a single man who spoke falsely.

Words: śucīnām — of the honest, pure; ekabuddhīnāṃ — of one mind, unanimous; sarveṣāṃ — of all; saṃprajānatām — of (those) fully discerning, wise; nāsīt — there was not; pure — in the city; vā — or; rāṣṭre — in the kingdom, realm; vā — or; mṛṣāvādī — a speaker of falsehood, a liar; naraḥ — a man; kva cit — anywhere

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.