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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.29

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.

2.7.29

idaṃ tu manthare mahyam ākhyāsi paramaṃ priyam
etan me priyam ākhyātuḥ kiṃ vā bhūyaḥ karomi te

“Mantharā, you tell me this most delightful news; what more can I do for you, who have told me this that is so dear to me?

Words: idaṃ — this; tu — and; manthare — O Mantharā; mahyam — to me; ākhyāsi — you tell; paramaṃ — most, supreme; priyam — dear, delightful; etan — this; me — to me; priyam — dear; ākhyātuḥ — to (you) the teller; kiṃ — what; vā — or; bhūyaḥ — more, further; karomi — I do, can do; te — for you

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.