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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.14

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

2.7.14

mantharā tu vacaḥ śrutvā kaikeyyā madhurākṣaram
uvāca krodhasaṃyuktā vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradā

Mantharā, hearing Kaikeyī's sweet-worded speech, being skilled in speech and filled with anger, spoke these words:

Words: mantharā — Mantharā; tu — and; vacaḥ — the words; śrutvā — having heard; kaikeyyā — of Kaikeyī; madhurākṣaram — sweet-syllabled, sweet-worded; uvāca — said; krodhasaṃyuktā — filled with anger; vākyaṃ — words, speech; vākyaviśāradā — skilled in speech

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.