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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.72.11

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 grabs her, saying she should suffer for the harm she caused → her companions flee in fear

2.72.11

evam uktā ca tenāśu sakhī janasamāvṛtā
gṛhītā balavat kubjā sā tadgṛham anādayat

Thus addressed by him, the hunchback, surrounded by her circle of companions, was forcibly seized, and she made that house resound with her cries.

Words: evam uktā ca — and thus addressed; tenāśu — by him at once; sakhī janasamāvṛtā — surrounded by her circle of companions; gṛhītā — seized; balavat — forcibly; kubjā — the hunchback; sā — she; tadgṛham — that house; anādayat — made resound

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.