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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.20
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: she must reject offers of wealth and first bind him to his promise → then she must demand Bharata's abhiṣeka and fourteen years of exile for Rāma
2.9.20
maṇimuktāsuvarṇāni ratnāni vividhāni ca
dadyād daśaratho rājā mā sma teṣu manaḥ kṛthāḥ
King Daśaratha may offer gems, pearls, gold, and jewels of every kind — do not set your heart on them.
Words: maṇimuktāsuvarṇāni — gems, pearls, and gold; ratnāni — jewels; vividhāni ca — and of various kinds; dadyād — may give; daśaratho rājā — King Daśaratha; mā sma — do not; teṣu — on them; manaḥ kṛthāḥ — set your mind
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.