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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.4

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: still unaware of Daśaratha's death, he asks after him, the mothers, the priests, and their teachers

2.94.4

kaccid daśaratho rājā kuśalī satyasaṃgaraḥ
rājasūyāśvamedhānām āhartā dharmaniścayaḥ

Is King Daśaratha well — he true to his word, performer of the rājasūya and aśvamedha sacrifices, firm in dharma?

Words: kaccid — is it that, I trust; daśaratho — Daśaratha; rājā — the king; kuśalī — well, in good health; satyasaṃgaraḥ — true to his promise; rājasūyāśvamedhānām — of the rājasūya and aśvamedha (rites); āhartā — performer; dharmaniścayaḥ — firm in dharma

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.