Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 9: Mantharā’s plan for the boons · 2.9.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 9: Mantharā’s plan for the boons. She recalls Kaikeyī’s rescue of Daśaratha and urges Bharata’s abhiṣeka and fourteen years of exile for Rāma

In the sequence: Kaikeyī now resolves to make Bharata King and send Rāma away; she asks Mantharā how to accomplish it

2.9.1

evam uktā tu kaikeyī krodhena jvalitānanā
dīrgham uṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya mantharām idam abravīt

Addressed thus, Kaikeyī, her face aflame with anger, drew a long, hot sigh and spoke this to Mantharā:

Words: evam uktā tu — but addressed thus; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; krodhena — with anger; jvalitānanā — her face aflame; dīrgham — long; uṣṇaṃ — hot; viniḥśvasya — having sighed; mantharām — to Mantharā; idam abravīt — spoke this

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.