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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.15

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

2.7.15

sā viṣaṇṇatarā bhūtvā kubjā tasyā hitaiṣiṇī
viṣādayantī provāca bhedayantī ca rāghavam

That hunchback, becoming still more dejected and (claiming to be) her well-wisher, spoke, casting her down and setting her against Rāghava:

Words: sā — she; viṣaṇṇatarā — still more dejected; bhūtvā — having become; kubjā — the hunchback; tasyā — her; hitaiṣiṇī — wishing (her) well; viṣādayantī — casting down, depressing; provāca — spoke; bhedayantī — dividing, setting against; ca — and; rāghavam — Rāghava

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.