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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.72.13

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

2.72.13

amantrayata kṛtsnaś ca tasyāḥ sarvasakhījanaḥ
yathāyaṃ samupakrānto niḥśeṣaṃ naḥ kariṣyati

And her whole circle of companions took counsel: 'The way he has set about this, he will make an utter end of us.'

Words: amantrayata — took counsel, deliberated; kṛtsnaś ca — and the whole; tasyāḥ — her; sarvasakhījanaḥ — entire circle of companions; yathāyaṃ — in the way this one; samupakrānto — has set about, begun; niḥśeṣaṃ — without remainder, utterly; naḥ — us; kariṣyati — will make

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.