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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.10

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: Mantharā recalls an earlier war in which Kaikeyī accompanied Daśaratha, carried him out of danger when he was wounded and unconscious, and protected him → in gratitude, he granted her two boons, which she kept for later

2.9.10

diśam āsthāya kaikeyi dakṣiṇāṃ daṇḍakān prati
vaijayantam iti khyātaṃ puraṃ yatra timidhvajaḥ

Betaking himself, O Kaikeyī, to the southern quarter, toward the Daṇḍaka regions, to the city known as Vaijayanta, where Timidhvaja dwelt —

Words: diśam — the quarter, direction; āsthāya — betaking himself to; kaikeyi — O Kaikeyī; dakṣiṇāṃ — southern; daṇḍakān prati — toward the Daṇḍaka regions; vaijayantam — Vaijayanta; iti khyātaṃ — known as; puraṃ — the city; yatra — where; timidhvajaḥ — Timidhvaja (dwelt)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.