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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.46
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
2.94.46
devatārthe ca pitrarthe brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu ca
yodheṣu mitravargeṣu kaccid gacchati te vyayaḥ
Does your expenditure go toward the gods and the ancestors, toward brāhmaṇas and arriving guests, toward your warriors and the circle of your friends?
Words: devatārthe — for the sake of the gods; ca — and; pitrarthe — for the sake of the ancestors; brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu — toward brāhmaṇas and arriving guests; ca — and; yodheṣu — toward warriors; mitravargeṣu — toward the circle of friends; kaccid — is it that; gacchati — goes; te — your; vyayaḥ — expenditure
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.