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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.56
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 whether the young, old, physicians, guests, and religious communities receive care and respect → he warns against falsehood, anger, negligence, laziness, and other failures of rule, and reminds Bharata to share his comforts rather than enjoy them alone.
2.94.56
nāstikyam anṛtaṃ krodhaṃ pramādaṃ dīrghasūtratām
adarśanaṃ jñānavatām ālasyaṃ pañcavṛttitām
Godlessness, falsehood, anger, heedlessness, procrastination, failure to consult the wise, sloth, and enslavement to the five senses;
Words: nāstikyam — godlessness, disbelief; anṛtaṃ — falsehood; krodhaṃ — anger; pramādaṃ — heedlessness, negligence; dīrghasūtratām — procrastination; adarśanaṃ — the non-consulting; jñānavatām — of the wise; ālasyaṃ — sloth, laziness; pañcavṛttitām — enslavement to the five (senses)
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.