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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.44

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

2.94.44

kaccit sarvāṇi durgāṇi dhanadhānyāyudhodakaiḥ
yantraiś ca paripūrṇāni tathā śilpidhanurdharaiḥ

Are all your fortresses well stocked with money, grain, weapons, and water, with engines of war, and likewise with artisans and archers?

Words: kaccit — is it that; sarvāṇi — all; durgāṇi — the fortresses; dhanadhānyāyudhodakaiḥ — with wealth, grain, weapons, and water; yantraiś — with engines (of war); ca — and; paripūrṇāni — filled, well-stocked; tathā — likewise; śilpidhanurdharaiḥ — with artisans and bowmen

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.