Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.7
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1.7.1
तस्यामात्या गुणैरासन्विक्ष्वाकोः सुमहात्मनः ।
मन्त्रज्ञाश्चेङ्गितज्ञाश्च नित्यं प्रियहिते रताः ॥ १.७.१ ॥
The ministers of that greatly noble-souled descendant of Ikṣvāku were endowed with excellent qualities; knowers of counsel and of gestures, they were always devoted to what is pleasing and beneficial.
1.7.2
अष्टौ बभूवुर्वीरस्य तस्यामात्या यशस्विनः ।
शुचयश्चानुरक्ताश्च राजकृत्येषु नित्यशः ॥ १.७.२ ॥
That heroic king had eight famed ministers, pure and devoted, who were always engaged in the affairs of the realm.
1.7.3
धृष्टिर्जयन्तो विजयः सुराष्ट्रो राष्ट्र्वर्धनः ।
अकोपो धर्मपालश्च सुमन्त्रश्चाष्टमोऽर्थवित् ॥ १.७.३ ॥
Dhṛṣṭi, Jayanta, Vijaya, Surāṣṭra, Rāṣṭravardhana, Akopa, Dharmapāla, and Sumantra, the eighth, knower of affairs.
1.7.4
ऋत्विजौ द्वावभिमतौ तस्यास्तामृषिसत्तमौ ।
वसिष्ठो वामदेवश्च मन्त्रिणश्च तथापरे ॥ १.७.४ ॥
He had two favoured priests, the best of sages, Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva; and others served as ministers as well.
1.7.5
सुयज्ञोऽप्यथ जाबालिः काश्यपोऽप्यथ गौतमः ।
मार्कण्डेयस्तु दीर्घायुस्तथा कात्यायनो द्विजः ॥ १.७.५ ॥
Suyajña, Jābāli, Kāśyapa, and Gautama; and long-lived Mārkaṇḍeya, and the twice-born Kātyāyana as well.
1.7.6
एतैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्नित्यमृत्विजस्तस्य पौर्वकाः ।
विद्याविनीता ह्रीमन्तः कुशला नियतेन्द्रियाः ॥ १.७.६ ॥
Together with these brahmarshis, his ancestral priests were always present, humble through learning, modest, skilled, and self-controlled.
1.7.7
श्रीमन्तश्च महात्मानः शास्त्रज्ञा दृढविक्रमाः ।
कीर्तिमन्तः प्रणिहिता यथावचनकारिणः ॥ १.७.७ ॥
They were prosperous and great-souled, learned in the sciences, of firm valour, renowned, attentive, and did as they were bidden.
1.7.8
तेजःक्षमायशःप्राप्ताः स्मितपूर्वाभिभाषिणः ।
क्रोधात् कामार्थहेतोर्वा न ब्रूयुरनृतं वचः ॥ १.७.८ ॥
They had attained splendour, forbearance and fame; they spoke first with a smile, and from anger, or for the sake of desire or gain, they would never utter a false word.
1.7.9
तेषामविदितं किंचित् स्वेषु नास्ति परेषु वा ।
क्रियमाणं कृतं वापि चारेणापि चिकीर्षितम् ॥ १.७.९ ॥
Nothing was unknown to them, whether among their own or among others: what is being done, what has been done, and even what is intended to be done through spies, all this they knew.
1.7.10
कुशला व्यवहारेषु सौहृदेषु परीक्षिताः ।
प्राप्तकालं यथा दण्डं धारयेयुः सुतेष्वपि ॥ १.७.१० ॥
Skilled in affairs and tested in friendship, they would apply punishment at the proper time, as it was due, even upon their own sons.
1.7.11
कोशसंग्रहणे युक्ता बलस्य च परिग्रहे ।
अहितं चापि पुरुषं न हिंस्युरविदूषकम् ॥ १.७.११ ॥
They were engaged in gathering the treasury and in maintaining the army; and they would never harm a blameless man who was not hostile.
1.7.12
वीराश्च नियतोत्साहा राजशास्त्रमनुष्ठिताः।
शुचीनां रक्षितारश्च नित्यं विषयवासिनाम् ॥ १.७.१२ ॥
They were heroic and of steady zeal, practising the science of kingship, and always the protectors of the upright among the inhabitants of the realm.
1.7.13
ब्रह्मक्षत्रमहिंसन्तस्ते कोशं समपूरयन् ।
सुतीक्ष्णदण्डाः सम्प्रेक्ष्य पुरुषस्य बलाबलम् ॥ १.७.१३ ॥
Not harming the brahmins and the warriors, they filled the treasury; having carefully weighed each man's strength and weakness, they dealt out sharp punishment.
1.7.14
शुचीनामेकबुद्धीनां सर्वेषां सम्प्रजानताम् ।
नासीत्पुरे वा राष्ट्रे वा मृषावादी नरः क्वचित् ॥ १.७.१४ ॥
Among all of them, pure, single-minded and fully knowing, there was no man anywhere in the city or the realm who spoke falsehood.
1.7.15
क्वचिन्न दुष्टस्तत्रासीत् परदाररतिर्नरः ।
प्रशान्तं सर्वमेवासीद् राष्ट्रं पुरवरं च तत् ॥ १.७.१५ ॥
Nowhere there was a wicked man who delighted in another's wife. The whole realm and that excellent city were tranquil.
1.7.16
सुवाससः सुवेशाश्च ते च सर्वे शुचिव्रताः ।
हितार्थाश्च नरेन्द्रस्य जाग्रतो नयचक्षुषा ॥ १.७.१६ ॥
All of them were finely clothed and handsomely dressed, kept pure vows, and were devoted to the welfare of the king, who stayed watchful with the eye of policy.
1.7.17
गुरोर्गुणगृहीताश्च प्रख्याताश्च पराक्रमैः ।
विदेशेष्वपि विज्ञाताः सर्वतो बुद्धिनिश्चयाः ॥ १.७.१७ ॥
Accepted by their teachers for their virtues, renowned for their valour, known even in foreign lands, and firm in judgement on every side.
1.7.18
अभितो गुणवन्तश्च न चासन् गुणवर्जिताः ।
सन्धिविग्रहतत्वज्ञाः प्रकृत्या सम्पदान्विताः ॥ १.७.१८ ॥
On every side they were virtuous and none was without virtue; they knew the true nature of peace and war, and by their very nature were endowed with prosperity.
1.7.19
मंत्रसंवरणे शक्ताः शक्ताः सूक्ष्मासु बुद्धिषु ।
नीतिशास्त्रविशेषज्ञाः सततं प्रियवादिनः ॥ १.७.१९ ॥
They were skilled at keeping counsel secret and at subtle matters of judgment, were expert in the particular teachings of statecraft, and always spoke pleasantly.
1.7.20
ईदृशैस्तैरमात्यैश्च राजा दशरथोऽनघः ।
उपपन्नो गुणोपेतैरन्वशासद् वसुन्धराम् ॥ १.७.२० ॥
King Daśaratha, blameless and endowed with such virtuous ministers, governed this earth.
1.7.21
अवेक्ष्यमाणश्चारेण प्रजा धर्मेण रक्षयन् ।
प्रजानां पालनं कुर्वन्नधर्मं परिवर्जयन् ॥ १.७.२१ ॥
Keeping watch through spies, protecting the subjects by dharma, tending to their welfare, and shunning unrighteousness.
1.7.22
विश्रुतस्त्रिषु लोकेषु वदान्यः सत्यसंगरः ।
स तत्र पुरुषव्याघ्रः शशास पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥ १.७.२२ ॥
Renowned in the three worlds, generous and keeper of true vows, that best of men ruled this earth there.
1.7.23
नाध्यगच्छद्विशिष्टं वा तुल्यं वा शत्रुमात्मनः ।
मित्रवान्नतसामन्तः प्रतापहतकण्टकः ।
स शशास जगद् राजा दिवि देवपतिर्यथा ॥ १.७.२३ ॥
He found no enemy superior or equal to himself. Surrounded by allies, with his vassal chiefs bowed low and the thorns of his foes destroyed by his might, that king ruled the world as Indra, lord of the gods, rules in heaven.
1.7.24
तैर्मन्त्रिभिर्मन्त्रहितै निविष्टै-
र्वृतोऽनुरक्तैः कुशलैः समर्थैः ।
स पार्थिवो दीप्तिमवाप युक्त-
स्तेजोमयैर्गोभिरिवोदितोऽर्कः ॥ १.७.२४ ॥
Surrounded by those ministers, devoted to counsel, attached, skilled and capable, that king attained a radiance like the sun risen with its brilliant rays.