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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.17

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.

1.7.17

tair mantribhir mantrahitair niviṣṭair vṛto 'nuraktaiḥ kuśalaiḥ samarthaiḥ
sa pārthivo dīptim avāpa yuktas tejomayair gobhir ivodito 'rkaḥ

Surrounded by those counsellors — givers of good counsel, steadfast, loyal, skilled, and capable — that king, thus attended, attained radiance, like the risen sun with its rays of light.

Words: tair — those; mantribhir — by counsellors; mantrahitair — giving beneficial counsel; niviṣṭair — devoted, steadfast (in duty); vṛto — surrounded; 'nuraktaiḥ — loyal, devoted; kuśalaiḥ — skilled; samarthaiḥ — capable, competent; sa — he; pārthivo — the king; dīptim — radiance, splendour; avāpa — attained, obtained; yuktas — attended, joined (by them); tejomayair — made of radiance, brilliant; gobhir — with rays; ivodito — like the risen; 'rkaḥ — the sun

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.