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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.12
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
2.9.12
tasmin mahati saṃgrāme rājā daśarathas tadā
apavāhya tvayā devi saṃgrāmān naṣṭacetanaḥ
In that great battle, O queen, King Daśaratha, his consciousness lost, was then carried by you away from the fight;
Words: tasmin — in that; mahati — great; saṃgrāme — battle; rājā — King; daśarathas — Daśaratha; tadā — then; apavāhya — having been carried away; tvayā — by you; devi — O queen; saṃgrāmān — from the battle; naṣṭacetanaḥ — his consciousness lost
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.