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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.16

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.

1.7.16

avekṣamāṇaś cāreṇa prajā dharmeṇa rañjayan
nādhyagacchad viśiṣṭaṃ vā tulyaṃ vā śatrum ātmanaḥ

Watching (his realm) through spies, and gladdening his subjects with righteous rule, he found no enemy superior or even equal to himself.

Words: avekṣamāṇaś — observing, keeping watch; cāreṇa — through a spy, by espionage; prajā — the subjects; dharmeṇa — with righteousness, justly; rañjayan — gladdening, delighting; nādhyagacchad — did not find; viśiṣṭaṃ — superior; vā — or; tulyaṃ — equal; vā — or; śatrum — an enemy; ātmanaḥ — to himself, than himself

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.