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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.29

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 about loyal supporters, capable envoys, and intelligence gathered through three unrecognized spies for each of eighteen enemy officials and fifteen of Bharata's own → he warns against underestimating defeated enemies who return, and against relying on teachers of materialist reasoning whom he considers misleading.

2.94.29

kaccij jānapado vidvān dakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān
yathoktavādī dūtas te kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ

Is your envoy made a man of the realm, learned, dexterous, quick-witted, reporting exactly as instructed, and wise, O Bharata?

Words: kaccij — is it that; jānapado — a native of the realm; vidvān — learned; dakṣiṇaḥ — dexterous, able; pratibhānavān — quick-witted; yathoktavādī — reporting exactly as told; dūtas — envoy; te — your; kṛto — made; bharata — O Bharata; paṇḍitaḥ — learned, wise

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.