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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.13

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

2.94.13

kaccin mantrayase naikaḥ kaccin na bahubhiḥ saha
kaccit te mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati

Do you not deliberate alone, nor yet with too many? Does the counsel you have resolved not leak out over the kingdom?

Words: kaccin — is it that; mantrayase — you deliberate; naikaḥ — not alone; kaccin — is it that; na — not; bahubhiḥ — with many; saha — together with; kaccit — is it that; te — your; mantrito — deliberated, resolved; mantro — counsel; rāṣṭraṃ — the kingdom; na — not; paridhāvati — runs about, leaks out

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.