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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.13

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: Kaikeyī asks what is wrong

2.7.13

kaikeyī tv abravīt kubjāṃ kaccit kṣemaṃ na manthare
viṣaṇṇavadanāṃ hi tvāṃ lakṣaye bhṛśaduḥkhitām

But Kaikeyī said to the hunchback: “Is all not well, Mantharā? For I see you with dejected face and greatly distressed.”

Words: kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; tv — but; abravīt — said; kubjāṃ — to the hunchback; kaccit — (is it that…?); kṣemaṃ — well, safe; na — not; manthare — O Mantharā; viṣaṇṇavadanāṃ — with dejected face; hi — for; tvāṃ — you; lakṣaye — I observe, see; bhṛśaduḥkhitām — greatly distressed

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.