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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.17
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
2.9.17
dayitā tvaṃ sadā bhartur atra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ
tvatkṛte ca mahārājo viśed api hutāśanam
You are ever beloved of your husband — of this I have no doubt; for your sake the great king would even enter the fire.
Words: dayitā — beloved; tvaṃ — you; sadā — always; bhartur — of your husband; atra — in this; me nāsti saṃśayaḥ — I have no doubt; tvatkṛte ca — and for your sake; mahārājo — the great king; viśed api — would even enter; hutāśanam — the fire
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.