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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.8

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

2.94.8

kaccid agniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimān ṛjuḥ
hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā

Is the one set over your sacred fires — knowing the rites, wise, upright — always informing you in time of what has been offered and what is yet to be offered?

Words: kaccid — is it that; agniṣu — over the fires; te — your; yukto — appointed, engaged; vidhijño — knowing the rites; matimān — wise; ṛjuḥ — upright; hutaṃ — what has been offered; ca — and; hoṣyamāṇaṃ — what is to be offered; ca — and; kāle — in time; vedayate — informs, reports; sadā — always

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.