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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.36

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: Rāma then asks whether the city and countryside are secure, farmers and herdsmen protected, water available, and grievances addressed

2.94.36

prāsādair vividhākārair vṛtāṃ vaidyajanākulām
kaccit samuditāṃ sphītām ayodhyāṃ parirakṣasi

girt with palaces of every kind and thronged with learned folk — do you protect Ayodhyā well, prosperous and flourishing?

Words: prāsādair — with palaces; vividhākārair — of various forms; vṛtāṃ — surrounded, girt; vaidyajanākulām — thronged with learned folk; kaccit — is it that; samuditāṃ — prosperous, flourishing; sphītām — swollen, thriving; ayodhyāṃ — Ayodhyā; parirakṣasi — you protect well

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.