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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.8

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: furious, Mantharā goes to Kaikeyī and tells her to get up: a disaster is approaching while she lies unaware

2.7.8

dhātryās tu vacanaṃ śrutvā kubjā kṣipram amarṣitā
kailāsa śikharākārāt prāsādād avarohata

Hearing the nurse's words, the hunchback, quickly filled with indignation, came down from the palace shaped like the peak of Kailāsa.

Words: dhātryās — of the nurse; tu — but; vacanaṃ — the words; śrutvā — having heard; kubjā — the hunchback; kṣipram — quickly; amarṣitā — filled with indignation; kailāsa — of Kailāsa; śikharākārāt — shaped like a peak; prāsādād — from the palace; avarohata — descended

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.