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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.47
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
2.94.47
kaccid āryo viśuddhātmā kṣāritaś corakarmaṇā
apṛṣṭaḥ śāstrakuśalair na lobhād badhyate śuciḥ
When a noble man of pure soul is falsely charged with an act of theft, is he — being innocent — not condemned unexamined, out of greed, by those skilled in the law?
Words: kaccid — is it that; āryo — a noble man; viśuddhātmā — of pure soul; kṣāritaś — accused, charged; corakarmaṇā — with an act of theft; apṛṣṭaḥ — unexamined, unquestioned; śāstrakuśalair — by those skilled in the law; na — not; lobhād — out of greed; badhyate — is condemned, punished; śuciḥ — the pure (innocent) man
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.