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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 7: Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy. Mantharā warns of danger to Bharata, Kaikeyī rewards her and declares equal affection for both princes

In the sequence: furious, Mantharā goes to Kaikeyī and tells her to get up: a disaster is approaching while she lies unaware

2.7.10

uttiṣṭha mūḍhe kiṃ śeṣe bhayaṃ tvām abhivartate
upaplutamahaughena kim ātmānaṃ na budhyase

“Get up, you fool! Why do you lie there? Danger is coming upon you. Why do you not realize that you are overwhelmed by a great flood?

Words: uttiṣṭha — get up; mūḍhe — O fool; kiṃ — why; śeṣe — you lie, sleep; bhayaṃ — danger, fear; tvām — you; abhivartate — comes upon, approaches; upaplutamahaughena — by an overwhelming great flood; kim — why; ātmānaṃ — yourself; na — not; budhyase — you realize

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.