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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.43
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
2.94.43
kaccin nāga vanaṃ guptaṃ kuñjarāṇaṃ ca tṛpyasi
kaccid darśayase nityaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vibhūṣitam
utthāyotthāya pūrvāhṇe rājaputro mahāpathe
Is the elephant-forest well guarded, and are you satisfied with your supply of elephants? Do you, a prince, constantly show yourself adorned to the people upon the great highway, rising early each morning?
Words: kaccin — is it that; nāga vanaṃ — the elephant-forest; guptaṃ — guarded, protected; kuñjarāṇaṃ — with elephants; ca — and; tṛpyasi — you are satisfied; kaccid — is it that; darśayase — you show (yourself); nityaṃ — constantly; manuṣyāṇāṃ — to the people (of men); vibhūṣitam — adorned; utthāyotthāya — rising again and again; pūrvāhṇe — in the early morning; rājaputro — a king's son, prince; mahāpathe — on the great highway
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.