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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.58
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.
2.94.58
maṅgalasyāprayogaṃ ca pratyutthānaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
kaccit tvaṃ varjayasy etān rājadoṣāṃś caturdaśa
the neglect of auspicious observances, and rising up in war against all indiscriminately — do you shun these fourteen faults of a king?
Words: maṅgalasyāprayogaṃ — the non-performance of auspicious rites; ca — and; pratyutthānaṃ — rising up (against all); ca — and; sarvaśaḥ — against all, in every way; kaccit — is it that; tvaṃ — you; varjayasy — you shun, avoid; etān — these; rājadoṣāṃś — the faults of a king; caturdaśa — fourteen
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.