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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.13

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

2.9.13

tatrāpi vikṣataḥ śastraiḥ patis te rakṣitas tvayā
tuṣṭena tena dattau te dvau varau śubhadarśane

There too your husband, wounded by weapons, was protected by you; and he, well pleased, granted you two boons, O lovely one.

Words: tatrāpi — there too; vikṣataḥ — wounded; śastraiḥ — by weapons; patis te — your husband; rakṣitas tvayā — was protected by you; tuṣṭena tena — by him, pleased; dattau — two were granted; te — to you; dvau varau — two boons; śubhadarśane — O fair of aspect

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.