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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.8.23

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: she warns that Kausalyā will repay earlier slights

2.8.23

evaṃ te jñātipakṣasya śreyaś caiva bhaviṣyati
yadi ced bharato dharmāt pitryaṃ rājyam avāpsyati

Thus there will be welfare for your kinsmen's party, if only Bharata should rightfully obtain the ancestral kingdom.

Words: evaṃ — thus; te — your; jñātipakṣasya — of the party of kinsmen; śreyaś caiva — and welfare, benefit; bhaviṣyati — will be; yadi ced — if; bharato — Bharata; dharmāt — by right, lawfully; pitryaṃ — paternal, ancestral; rājyam — the kingdom; avāpsyati — will obtain

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.