Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 72: Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment · 2.72.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.72.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 72: Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment. Śatrughna drags her across the floor, Bharata orders her release to avoid Rāma’s condemnation

In the sequence: Śatrughna angrily asks why Lakṣmaṇa did not prevent the exile, even by restraining their father

2.72.1

atra yātrāṃ samīhantaṃ śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ
bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptam idaṃ vacanam abravīt

At this point Śatrughna, the younger brother of Lakṣmaṇa, spoke these words to Bharata, tormented by grief and preparing to set out:

Words: atra — at this point, here; yātrāṃ — the setting out, journey; samīhantaṃ — intending, preparing; śatrughno — Śatrughna; lakṣmaṇānujaḥ — the younger brother of Lakṣmaṇa; bharataṃ — to Bharata; śokasaṃtaptam — tormented by grief; idaṃ — this; vacanam — word, speech; 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.