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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.41

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

2.94.41

teṣāṃ guptiparīhāraiḥ kaccit te bharaṇaṃ kṛtam
rakṣyā hi rājñā dharmeṇa sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ

Do you provide for their upkeep by protection and the redress of grievances? For all who dwell in the realm must be protected by the king according to dharma.

Words: teṣāṃ — their, of them; guptiparīhāraiḥ — by protection and warding off of troubles; kaccit — is it that; te — by you; bharaṇaṃ — maintenance, support; kṛtam — done, made; rakṣyā — to be protected; hi — for; rājñā — by the king; dharmeṇa — according to dharma; sarve — all; viṣayavāsinaḥ — the dwellers in the realm

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.