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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.22

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

2.7.22

apavāhya sa duṣṭātmā bharataṃ tava bandhuṣu
kālyaṃ sthāpayitā rāmaṃ rājye nihatakaṇṭake

“That evil-souled one, having sent Bharata away among your kinsfolk, will tomorrow morning establish Rāma in the kingdom, its thorns removed.

Words: apavāhya — having sent away; sa — he; duṣṭātmā — the evil-souled; bharataṃ — Bharata; tava — your; bandhuṣu — among the kinsfolk; kālyaṃ — at daybreak, tomorrow morning; sthāpayitā — will establish; rāmaṃ — Rāma; rājye — in the kingdom; nihatakaṇṭake — with its thorns (enemies) removed

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.