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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.72.7

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

2.72.7

tāṃ samīkṣya tadā dvāḥstho bhṛśaṃ pāpasya kāriṇīm
gṛhītvākaruṇaṃ kubjāṃ śatrughnāya nyavedayat

Seeing her then — the doer of such great evil — the doorkeeper mercilessly seized the hunchback and reported her to Śatrughna:

Words: tāṃ — her; samīkṣya — having seen; tadā — then; dvāḥstho — the doorkeeper; bhṛśaṃ — greatly; pāpasya — of evil; kāriṇīm — the doer (fem.); gṛhītvākaruṇaṃ — having seized mercilessly; kubjāṃ — the hunchback; śatrughnāya — to Śatrughna; nyavedayat — reported, made known

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.