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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.48
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
2.94.48
gṛhītaś caiva pṛṣṭaś ca kāle dṛṣṭaḥ sakāraṇaḥ
kaccin na mucyate coro dhanalobhān nararṣabha
And when a thief has been seized, interrogated, and duly found guilty with cause proven, is he not, O bull among men, released for greed of money?
Words: gṛhītaś — seized; caiva — and indeed; pṛṣṭaś — questioned; ca — and; kāle — in due time; dṛṣṭaḥ — seen, found; sakāraṇaḥ — with cause (guilty); kaccin — is it that; na — not; mucyate — is released; coro — the thief; dhanalobhān — out of greed for money; nararṣabha — O bull among men
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.