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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.16
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 tells her to enter the anger chamber, remove her finery, lie on the floor, and refuse to respond affectionately to the King
2.9.16
krodhāgāraṃ praviśyādya kruddhevāśvapateḥ sute
śeṣvānantarhitāyāṃ tvaṃ bhūmau malinavāsinī
mā smainaṃ pratyudīkṣethā mā cainam abhibhāṣathāḥ
Enter the anger-chamber today, O daughter of Aśvapati, as though enraged; lie upon the bare ground in soiled garments, and neither look up at him nor speak to him.
Words: krodhāgāraṃ — the anger-chamber; praviśyādya — having entered today; kruddhevāśvapateḥ — as if enraged, O (daughter) of Aśvapati; sute — O daughter; śeṣvānantarhitāyāṃ — lie down on the uncovered (ground); tvaṃ — you; bhūmau — on the ground; malinavāsinī — clad in soiled garments; mā smainaṃ — do not (look) at him; pratyudīkṣethā — look up at, regard; mā cainam — and (do) not him; abhibhāṣathāḥ — speak to
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.