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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.72.16

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: he drags her across the floor, scattering her ornaments

2.72.16

tasyā hy ākṛṣyamāṇāyā mantharāyās tatas tataḥ
citraṃ bahuvidhaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tad vyaśīryata

As Mantharā was dragged this way and that, her manifold, gaily-decorated trappings scattered upon the ground.

Words: tasyā hy — of her indeed; ākṛṣyamāṇāyā — as she was being dragged; mantharāyās — of Mantharā; tatas tataḥ — this way and that; citraṃ — variegated, gaily-decorated; bahuvidhaṃ — of many kinds; bhāṇḍaṃ — the trappings, ornaments; pṛthivyāṃ — on the ground; tad — that; vyaśīryata — was scattered

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.