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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.6

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: still unaware of Daśaratha's death, he asks after him, the mothers, the priests, and their teachers

2.94.6

tāta kaccic ca kausalyā sumitrā ca prajāvatī
sukhinī kaccid āryā ca devī nandati kaikayī

And, dear one, are Kausalyā and Sumitrā, blessed with offspring, happy? And does the noble queen Kaikeyī rejoice?

Words: tāta — dear one; kaccic — and is it that; ca — and; kausalyā — Kausalyā; sumitrā — Sumitrā; ca — and; prajāvatī — blessed with offspring; sukhinī — happy; kaccid — is it that; āryā — the noble; ca — and; devī — queen; nandati — rejoices; kaikayī — Kaikeyī

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.