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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.21

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

2.9.21

yau tau devāsure yuddhe varau daśaratho 'dadāt
tau smāraya mahābhāge so 'rtho mā tvām atikramet

Those two boons that Daśaratha granted in the war of gods and asuras — remind him of them, O fortunate one; let that purpose not slip past you.

Words: yau tau — those two which; devāsure — of gods and asuras; yuddhe — in the war; varau — the two boons; daśaratho 'dadāt — Daśaratha granted; tau smāraya — remind (him) of those two; mahābhāge — O fortunate one; so 'rtho — that purpose; mā tvām atikramet — let it not escape you

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.