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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.27

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 instead rewards her with an ornament: she is glad to hear the news and says she makes no distinction between Rāma and Bharata.

2.7.27

mantharāyā vacaḥ śrutvā śayanāt sa śubhānanā
evam ābharaṇaṃ tasyai kubjāyai pradadau śubham

Hearing Mantharā's words, that fair-faced woman, rising from her couch, thus gave the hunchback a fine ornament.

Words: mantharāyā — of Mantharā; vacaḥ — the words; śrutvā — having heard; śayanāt — from the couch; sa — she; śubhānanā — fair-faced; evam — thus; ābharaṇaṃ — an ornament; tasyai — to her; kubjāyai — to the hunchback; pradadau — gave; śubham — fine, auspicious

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.