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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.7

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

2.94.7

kaccid vinaya saṃpannaḥ kulaputro bahuśrutaḥ
anasūyur anudraṣṭā satkṛtas te purohitaḥ

Is your family priest — endowed with good conduct, of noble birth, deeply learned, free from envy, and discerning — duly honored?

Words: kaccid — is it that; vinaya saṃpannaḥ — endowed with discipline; kulaputro — of noble family; bahuśrutaḥ — deeply learned; anasūyur — free from envy; anudraṣṭā — discerning, one who oversees; satkṛtas — honored; te — your; purohitaḥ — family priest

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.