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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.14
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
2.9.14
sa tvayoktaḥ patir devi yadeccheyaṃ tadā varau
gṛhṇīyām iti tat tena tathety uktaṃ mahātmanā
anabhijñā hy ahaṃ devi tvayaiva kathitaṃ purā
That husband of yours was told by you, ‘When I wish it, I shall then take the two boons’; and to that the great-souled one said, ‘So be it.’ I myself was unaware of this, O queen — you told me of it long ago.
Words: sa — he; tvayoktaḥ — was told by you; patir — husband; devi — O queen; yadeccheyaṃ — when I should wish; tadā — then; varau — the two boons; gṛhṇīyām — I would take; iti tat — thus that; tena — by him; tathety uktaṃ — was answered 'so be it'; mahātmanā — by the great-souled one; anabhijñā — unaware; hy ahaṃ — for I; devi — O queen; tvayaiva — by you yourself; kathitaṃ purā — was told long ago
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.