वीरैरध्युषितां पूर्वमस्माकं तात पूर्वकै: । सत्यनामां दृढद्वारां हस्त्यश्वरथसङ्कुलाम् ।। २.१००.
O father, is the city, once inhabited by our heroic ancestors, named Truth, with strong gates, crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots, still flourishing?
ब्राह्मणै: क्षत्ऺित्रयैर्वैश्यै: स्वकर्मनिरतै: सदा । जितेन्द्रियैर्महोत्साहैर्वृतामार्यै: सहस्रश: ।। २.१००.
Is it always filled with Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas, devoted to their own duties, self-controlled, of great enthusiasm, and surrounded by noble people in thousands?
प्रासादैर्विविधाकारैर्वृतां वैद्यजनाकुलाम् । कच्चित्सुमुदितां स्फीतामयोध्यां परिरक्षसि ।। २.१००.
Is the city, adorned with mansions of various shapes and crowded with skilled physicians, Ayodhya, prosperous and joyful, well protected by you?
कच्चिच्चित्यशतैर्जुष्ट: सुनिविष्टजनाकुल: । देवस्थानै: प्रपाभिश्च तटाकैश्चोपशोभित: ।। २.१००.
Is it graced with hundreds of buildings, densely populated, beautified by temples, rest houses, and ponds?
प्रहृष्टनरनारीक: समाजोत्सवशोभित: । सुकृष्टसीमा पशुमान् हिंसाभि: परिवर्जित: ।। २.१००.
Is it radiant with cheerful men and women, shining with gatherings and festivals, with well-cultivated borders, abundant in cattle, and free from violence?
अदेवमातृको रम्य: श्वापदै: परिवर्जित: । परित्यक्तो भयै: सर्वै: खनिभिश्चोपशोभित: ।। २.१००.
Is it delightful, free from irreligious people and wild beasts, abandoned by all fears, and adorned with mines?
विवर्जितो नरै: पापैर्मम पूर्वै: सुरक्षित: । कच्चिज्जनपद: स्फीत: सुखं वसति राघव ।। २.१००.
Is the region, protected by my ancestors and devoid of wicked people, prosperous, and do its inhabitants live happily, O Raghava?
कच्चित्ते दयिता: सर्वे कृषिगोरक्षजीविन: । वार्त्तायां संश्रितस्तात लोको हि सुखमेधते ।। २.१००.
Are all those dear to you, who live by farming and cattle-rearing, well cared for? For indeed, happiness thrives in the world through agriculture.
तेषां गुप्तिपरीहारै: कच्चित्ते भरणं कृतम् । रक्ष्या हि राज्ञा धर्मेण सर्वे विषयवासिन: ।। २.१००.
Have you provided for their protection and welfare, without neglect? All residents of the realm must be safeguarded by the king through righteousness.
कच्चित् स्त्रिय: सान्त्वयसि कच्चित्ताश्च सुरक्षिता: । कच्चिन्न श्रद्दधास्यासां कच्चिद् गुह्यं न भाषसे ।। २.१००.
Do you comfort the women, and are they well protected? Do you trust them, and do you avoid speaking of their secrets?
कच्चिन्नागवनं गुप्तं कच्चित्ते सन्ति धेनुका: । कच्चिन्न गणिकाश्वानां कुञ्जराणां च तृप्यसि ।। २.१००.
Is the elephant forest well guarded, and do you have plenty of cows? Are you satisfied with the horses and elephants belonging to the royal stables?
कच्चिद्दर्शयसे नित्यं मनुष्याणां विभूषितम् । उत्थायोत्थाय पूर्वाह्णे राजपुत्र महापथे ।। २.१००.
Do you regularly show yourself, adorned, to the people, rising early each morning, O prince, on the great highway?
कच्चिन्न सर्वे कर्मान्ता: प्रत्यक्षास्ते ऽविशङ्कया । सर्वे वा पुनरुत्सृष्टा मध्यमेवात्र कारणम् ।। २.१००.
Are all your officials' tasks openly performed without suspicion, or are they all left unfinished, with only partial reasons given?
कच्चित् सर्वाणि दुर्गाणि धनधान्यायुधोदकै: । यन्त्रैश्च परिपूर्णानि तथा शिल्पिधनुर्द्धरै ।। २.१००.
Are all your fortresses fully supplied with wealth, grain, weapons, water, machines, and craftsmen skilled in archery?
आयस्ते विपुल: कच्चित् कच्चिदल्पतरो व्यय: । अपात्रेषु न ते कच्चित्कोशो गच्छति राघव ।। २.१००.
Is your income abundant, and your expenditure modest? Does your treasury, O Raghava, never go to unworthy recipients?
देवतार्थे च पित्रर्थे ब्राह्मणाभ्यागतेषु च । योधेषु मित्रवर्गेषु कच्चिद्गच्छति ते व्यय: ।। २.१००.
Is your expenditure directed towards the gods, ancestors, Brahmins who visit, warriors, and friends?
कच्चिदार्य्यो विशुद्धात्मा ऽ ऽक्षारितश्चोरकर्मणा । अपृष्ट: शास्त्रकुशलैर्न लोभाद्वध्यते शुचि: ।। २.१००.
Is the noble person, pure in heart, never accused of theft, nor condemned by scholars without inquiry, nor punished out of greed, remaining innocent?
गृहीतश्चैव पृष्टश्च काले दृष्ट: सकारण: । कच्चिन्न मुच्यते चोरो धनलोभान्नरर्षभ ।। २.१००.
Is the thief, apprehended and questioned at the proper time, seen with evidence, never released out of greed for wealth, O bull among men?
व्यसने कच्चिदाढ्यस्य दुर्गतस्य च राघव । अर्थं विरागा: पश्यन्ति तवामात्या बहुश्रुता: ।। २.१००.
O Rāghava, in times of adversity or prosperity, do your well-learned ministers, impartial in judgment, look after your interests?
यानि मिथ्याभिशस्तानां पतन्त्यस्राणि राघव । तानि पुत्रपशून् घ्नन्ति प्रीत्यर्थमनुशासत: ।। २.१००.
The tears shed by those falsely accused, O Rāghava, destroy the sons and cattle of those who punish them out of desire for favor.
कच्चिद् वृद्धांश्च बालांश्च वैद्यमुख्यांश्च राघव । दानेन मनसा वाचा त्रिभिरेतैर्बुभूषसे ।। २.१००.
Do you seek to support the aged, the young, and the foremost physicians, O Rāghava, by means of gifts, thought, and speech—by all three?
कच्चिद्गुरूंश्च वृद्धांश्च तापसान् देवतातिथीन् । चैत्यांश्च सर्वान् सिद्धार्थान् ब्राह्मणांश्च नमस्यसि ।। २.१००.
Do you show respect to teachers, elders, ascetics, deities, guests, all sacred shrines, the accomplished, and the Brāhmaṇas?
कच्चिदर्थेन वा धर्ममर्थं धर्मेण वा पुन: । उभौ वा प्रीतिलोभेन कामेन च न बाधसे ।। २.१००.
Do you, by means of wealth, support righteousness, and by righteousness, wealth; and do you not harm either, or both, out of desire for pleasure or out of greed?
कच्चिदर्थं च धर्मं च कामं च जयतां वर । विभज्य काले कालज्ञ सर्वान् वरद सेवसे ।। २.१००.
O best among the victorious, do you, knowing the right time, serve all—wealth, righteousness, and pleasure—by dividing them according to time?
कच्चित्ते ब्राह्मणा: शर्म सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदा: । आशंसन्ते महाप्राज्ञ पौरजानपदै: सह ।। २.१००.
Do the Brāhmaṇas, skilled in the meaning of all the scriptures, wish you well, O greatly wise one, together with the citizens and country people?
नास्तिक्यमनृतं क्रोधं प्रमादं दीर्घसूत्रताम् । अदर्शनं ज्ञानवतामालस्यं पञ्चवृत्तिताम् ।। २.१००.
Do you avoid atheism, falsehood, anger, carelessness, procrastination, disregard for the wise, laziness, and fickleness of mind?
एकचिन्तनमर्थानामनर्थज्ञैश्च मन्त्रणम् । निश्चितानामनारम्भं मन्त्रस्यापरिरक्षणम् ।। २.१००.
Do you avoid considering matters alone, consulting with those ignorant of misfortune, failing to act on decisions, and not protecting counsel?
मङ्गलस्याप्रयोगं च प्रत्युत्थानं च सर्वत: । कच्चित्त्वं वर्जयस्येतान् राजदोषांश्चतुर्दश ।। २.१००.
Do you avoid the fourteen royal faults: neglecting auspicious acts, failing to rise to occasions, and the rest?
दश पञ्च चतुर्वर्गान् सप्तवर्गं च तत्त्वत: । अष्टवर्गं त्रिवर्गं च विद्यास्तिस्रश्च राघव ।। २.१००.
O Rāghava, do you truly understand the ten, five, four, seven, eight, and three groups, as well as the three branches of knowledge?
इन्द्रियाणां जयं बुद्ध्वा षाङ्गुण्यं दैवमानुषम् । कृत्यं विंशतिवर्गञ्च तथा प्रकृतिमण्डलम् ।। २.१००.
Having mastered the senses, do you know the sixfold policy, the divine and human factors, the twenty types of duties, and the circle of subjects?