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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.14

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

2.94.14

kaccid arthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam
kṣipram ārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava

Having settled on an undertaking of small outlay and great result, do you set about it quickly and not drag it out, O Rāghava?

Words: kaccid — is it that; arthaṃ — the matter, aim; viniścitya — having determined; laghumūlaṃ — of small outlay; mahodayam — of great result; kṣipram — quickly; ārabhase — you undertake; kartuṃ — to do; na — not; dīrghayasi — you prolong, delay; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.