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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.6

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 spies keep them informed of completed, current, and intended actions among their own people and their enemies

1.7.6

teṣām aviditaṃ kiṃ cit sveṣu nāsti pareṣu vā
kriyamāṇaṃ kṛtaṃ vāpi cāreṇāpi cikīrṣitam

There was nothing at all — being done, already done, or (merely) intended — among their own people or their enemies, that was unknown to them, thanks to their spies.

Words: teṣām — to them; aviditaṃ — unknown; kiṃ cit — anything at all; sveṣu — among their own (people); nāsti — there is not; pareṣu — among others (enemies); vā — or; kriyamāṇaṃ — being done; kṛtaṃ — already done; vāpi — or even; cāreṇāpi — even by means of a spy; cikīrṣitam — intended to be done, contemplated

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.