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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.72.8
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
2.72.8
yasyāḥ kṛte vane rāmo nyastadehaś ca vaḥ pitā
seyaṃ pāpā nṛśaṃsā ca tasyāḥ kuru yathāmati
She for whose sake Rāma is in the forest and your father laid down his body — this is that woman, wicked and cruel; do with her as you see fit.
Words: yasyāḥ kṛte — for whose sake; vane — in the forest; rāmo — Rāma; nyastadehaś ca — and laid down his body; vaḥ — your; pitā — father; seyaṃ — this very one; pāpā — wicked; nṛśaṃsā ca — and cruel; tasyāḥ — to her; kuru — do; yathāmati — as you see fit
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.