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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.9

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

2.94.9

iṣvastravarasaṃpannam arthaśāstraviśāradam
sudhanvānam upādhyāyaṃ kaccit tvaṃ tāta manyase

Do you, dear one, esteem your preceptor Sudhanvan, master of the finest archery and weaponry, and skilled in the science of statecraft?

Words: iṣvastravarasaṃpannam — endowed with the best of arrows and weapons; arthaśāstraviśāradam — skilled in the science of polity; sudhanvānam — Sudhanvan (by name); upādhyāyaṃ — preceptor; kaccit — is it that; tvaṃ — you; tāta — dear one; manyase — esteem, regard

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.