Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 8: Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind · 2.8.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.8.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 8: Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind. Kaikeyī defends Rāma, Mantharā argues that his descendants will exclude Bharata’s line and urges Rāma’s exile

In the sequence: Mantharā throws aside the gift and insists that Kaikeyī is celebrating her own humiliation → she predicts that Kaikeyī will become Kausalyā's servant and Bharata's household will lose its standing

2.8.1

mantharā tv abhyasūyyainām utsṛjyābharaṇaṃ ca tat
uvācedaṃ tato vākyaṃ kopaduḥkhasamanvitā

But Mantharā, resentful of her, cast off that ornament and then, filled with anger and grief, spoke these words:

Words: mantharā — Mantharā; tv — but; abhyasūyyainām — being indignant at her; utsṛjyābharaṇaṃ — casting off the ornament; ca tat — and that; uvācedaṃ — spoke this; tato — then; vākyaṃ — speech, words; kopaduḥkhasamanvitā — filled with anger and grief

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.