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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.72.5
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: a doorkeeper seizes Mantharā as she appears in the palace and brings her before him
2.72.5
iti saṃbhāṣamāṇe tu śatrughne lakṣmaṇānuje
prāgdvāre 'bhūt tadā kubjā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
As Śatrughna, Lakṣmaṇa's younger brother, was speaking thus, the hunchbacked woman then appeared at the eastern gate, adorned with all her ornaments,
Words: iti — thus; saṃbhāṣamāṇe — while speaking; tu — and; śatrughne — Śatrughna (loc.); lakṣmaṇānuje — the younger brother of Lakṣmaṇa; prāgdvāre — at the eastern gate; 'bhūt — was, appeared; tadā — then; kubjā — the hunchbacked woman; sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā — adorned with all ornaments
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.