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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.12
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 94: Rāma questions Bharata’s governance. He asks after the family, advisers, spies, troop provisions, water, revenue and impartial justice, still unaware of Daśaratha’s death
In the sequence: he asks whether Bharata consults capable ministers, keeps counsel confidential, makes decisions promptly, and avoids both solitary judgment and overlarge councils
2.94.12
kaccin nidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccit kāle vibudhyase
kac ciṃś cāpararātriṣu cintayasy arthanaipuṇam
Do you not fall under the sway of sleep? Do you wake at the proper hour? And in the last watches of the night do you ponder what is expedient in affairs?
Words: kaccin — is it that; nidrāvaśaṃ — under the sway of sleep; naiṣi — you do not fall into; kaccit — is it that; kāle — at the (right) time; vibudhyase — you wake up; kac ciṃś — and is it that (do you); cāpararātriṣu — and in the late watches of night; cintayasy — you ponder; arthanaipuṇam — skill in affairs, what is expedient
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.