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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.22

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

2.9.22

yadā tu te varaṃ dadyāt svayam utthāpya rāghavaḥ
vyavasthāpya mahārājaṃ tvam imaṃ vṛṇuyā varam

And when Rāghava (Daśaratha), raising you up himself, offers you a boon, then, having bound the great king to his word, you should choose this boon:

Words: yadā tu — and when; te — to you; varaṃ dadyāt — should offer a boon; svayam utthāpya — himself having raised (you) up; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava (Daśaratha); vyavasthāpya — having bound, pledged; mahārājaṃ — the great king; tvam — you; imaṃ vṛṇuyā varam — should choose this boon

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.