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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.49
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
2.94.49
vyasane kaccid āḍhyasya dugatasya ca rāghava
arthaṃ virāgāḥ paśyanti tavāmātyā bahuśrutāḥ
When a dispute arises between a rich man and a poor man, O Rāghava, do your learned ministers judge the matter free of bias?
Words: vyasane — in a dispute, litigation; kaccid — is it that; āḍhyasya — of the rich man; durgatasya — of the poor, wretched man; ca — and; rāghava — O Rāghava; arthaṃ — the matter, case; virāgāḥ — free of bias, impartial; paśyanti — regard, judge; tavāmātyā — your ministers; bahuśrutāḥ — deeply learned
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.