Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 100: Rāma Instructs Bharata About the Duties of a KingText 2.100.59
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 100: Rāma Instructs Bharata About the Duties of a King
Text 2.100.59
व्यसने कच्चिदाढ्यस्य दुर्गतस्य च राघव।
अर्थं विरागाः पश्यन्ति तवामात्या बहुश्रुताः॥
vyasane kaccid āḍhyasya durgatasya ca rāghava
arthaṁ virāgāḥ paśyanti tavāmātyā bahu-śrutāḥ
vyasane = a critical; kaccit = do; āḍhyasya = a wealthy; durgatasya = a poor man; ca = and; rāghava = O descendant of Raghu; artham = litigation 17; virāgāḥ = without any love for money; paśyanti = adjudicate; tava = Your; āmātyāḥ = ministers; bahu-śrutāḥ = well-informed.
O descendant of Raghu, do Your well informed ministers adjudicate a critical litigation between a wealthy and a poor man without any love for money?