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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.42
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 the royal household, elephant forests, fort supplies, revenue, spending, and impartial justice → innocent people must not be convicted for money, nor guilty people released through bribery
2.94.42
kaccit striyaḥ sāntvayasi kaccit tāś ca surakṣitāḥ
kaccin na śraddadhāsyāsāṃ kaccid guhyaṃ na bhāṣase
Do you comfort the women of your household? Are they well protected? Do you not put excessive trust in them, nor tell them a secret?
Words: kaccit — is it that; striyaḥ — the women; sāntvayasi — you comfort, console; kaccit — is it that; tāś — they; ca — and; surakṣitāḥ — well protected; kaccin — is it that; na — not; śraddadhāsyāsāṃ — you (do not) trust in them; kaccid — is it that; guhyaṃ — a secret; na — not; bhāṣase — you tell
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.