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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.12

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

1.7.12

kaś cin na duṣṭas tatrāsīt paradāraratir naraḥ
praśāntaṃ sarvam evāsīd rāṣṭraṃ puravaraṃ ca tat

There was no wicked man there, none who lusted after another's wife; wholly at peace was that entire realm and its splendid city.

Words: kaś cin — any (man); na — not; duṣṭas — wicked, corrupt; tatrāsīt — was there; paradāraratir — one who delights in another's wife; naraḥ — a man; praśāntaṃ — tranquil, at peace; sarvam — all, entire; evāsīd — indeed was; rāṣṭraṃ — the realm, kingdom; puravaraṃ — the finest city; ca — and; tat — that

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.