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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.5
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: she asks a nurse why everyone is celebrating and why Kausalyā is distributing gifts → the nurse explains that Rāma will be installed as heir the next day
2.7.5
rāmamātā dhanaṃ kiṃ nu janebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati
atimātraṃ praharṣo 'yaṃ kiṃ janasya ca śaṃsa me
kārayiṣyati kiṃ vāpi saṃprahṛṣṭo mahīpatiḥ
“Why on earth is Rāma's mother giving away wealth to the people? Tell me, what is this excessive joy of the people? And what does the greatly delighted king mean to have done?”
Words: rāmamātā — Rāma's mother; dhanaṃ — wealth; kiṃ — why, what; nu — pray, indeed; janebhyaḥ — to the people; saṃprayacchati — gives away; atimātraṃ — excessive; praharṣo — joy; 'yaṃ — this; kiṃ — what; janasya — of the people; ca — and; śaṃsa — tell; me — to me; kārayiṣyati — will have done; kiṃ — what; vāpi — or even; saṃprahṛṣṭo — greatly delighted; mahīpatiḥ — the king (lord of earth)
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.