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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.2

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: Daśaratha has eight trusted ministers: Dhṛṣṭi, Jayanta, Vijaya, Siddhārtha, Arthasādhaka, Aśoka, Mantrapāla, and Sumantra → Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva serve as his purohitas (royal priests), alongside other advisers

1.7.2

dhṛṣṭir jayanto vijayaḥ siddhārtho arthasādhakaḥ
aśoko mantrapālaś ca sumantraś cāṣṭamo 'bhavat

Dhṛṣṭi, Jayanta, Vijaya, Siddhārtha, and Arthasādhaka; Aśoka and Mantrapāla, and Sumantra was the eighth.

Words: dhṛṣṭir — Dhṛṣṭi (a minister); jayanto — Jayanta; vijayaḥ — Vijaya; siddhārtho — Siddhārtha; arthasādhakaḥ — Arthasādhaka (lit. 'achiever of aims'); aśoko — Aśoka; mantrapālaś — Mantrapāla; ca — and; sumantraś — Sumantra; cāṣṭamo — and as the eighth; 'bhavat — was

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.