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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.15

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: with their counsel and intelligence, Daśaratha protects and pleases his subjects and has no rival equal to him.

1.7.15

īdṛśais tair amātyais tu rājā daśaratho 'naghaḥ
upapanno guṇopetair anvaśāsad vasuṃdharām

Endowed with such ministers as these, gifted with (every) virtue, the faultless king Daśaratha ruled the earth.

Words: īdṛśais — with such; tair — those; amātyais — ministers; tu — indeed, and; rājā — the king; daśaratho — Daśaratha; 'naghaḥ — the faultless, sinless; upapanno — endowed, furnished; guṇopetair — possessed of virtues; anvaśāsad — ruled, governed; vasuṃdharām — the earth

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.