saṅgrāmātpunarāgamya kuñjareṇa rathena vā|2.2.37|| paurān svajanavannityaṃ kuśalaṃ paripṛcchati|| putreṣvagniṣu dāreṣu preṣyaśiṣyagaṇeṣu ca|2.2.38|| nikhilenānupūrvyācca pitāputrānivaurasān||
While returning from the battlefield, either on a chariot or an elephant Rama stops and enquires in detail and in order, the welfare of the citizens as he would do for his kith and kin. He enquires about the welfare of their children, sacred rituals, wives, their servants and disciples as a father would enquire of his sons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Rama's enquiries are detailed — not a casual greeting but a genuine interest in people's lives. The verse describes the kind of attention that makes a ruler beloved: he knows the names, the struggles, the joys of those he rules. Governance through relationship.