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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.9

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

2.7.9

sā dahyamānā kopena mantharā pāpadarśinī
śayānām etya kaikeyīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt

That Mantharā, of malicious mind, burning with anger, came to Kaikeyī who was lying down and spoke these words:

Words: sā — she; dahyamānā — burning; kopena — with anger; mantharā — Mantharā; pāpadarśinī — of malicious mind, evil-seeing; śayānām — lying down; etya — having come to; kaikeyīm — Kaikeyī; idaṃ — this; vacanam — speech, word; abravīt — spoke

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.