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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.18

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: Mantharā presents Rāma's succession as a threat to Kaikeyī and Bharata, claiming that Daśaratha has used Bharata's absence to give Kausalyā's family the advantage

2.7.18

tava duḥkhena kaikeyi mama duḥkhaṃ mahad bhavet
tvadvṛddhau mama vṛddhiś ca bhaved atra na saṃśayaḥ

“By your sorrow, Kaikeyī, great sorrow would come to me; and in your prosperity would lie my prosperity — of this there is no doubt.

Words: tava — your; duḥkhena — by sorrow; kaikeyi — O Kaikeyī; mama — my; duḥkhaṃ — sorrow; mahad — great; bhavet — would be; tvadvṛddhau — in your prosperity; mama — my; vṛddhiś — prosperity; ca — and; bhaved — would be; atra — here, in this; na — no; saṃśayaḥ — doubt

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.