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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.28

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.

2.7.28

dattvā tv ābharaṇaṃ tasyai kubjāyai pramadottamā
kaikeyī mantharāṃ hṛṣṭā punar evābravīd idam

Having given the ornament to the hunchback, Kaikeyī, that best of women, delighted, again said this to Mantharā:

Words: dattvā — having given; tv — and; ābharaṇaṃ — the ornament; tasyai — to her; kubjāyai — to the hunchback; pramadottamā — the best of women; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; mantharāṃ — to Mantharā; hṛṣṭā — delighted; punar — again; evābravīd — indeed said; idam — this

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.