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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.23
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
2.9.23
rāmaṃ pravrājayāraṇye nava varṣāṇi pañca ca
bharataḥ kriyatāṃ rājā pṛthivyāṃ pārthivarṣabhaḥ
‘Banish Rāma to the forest for fourteen years, and let Bharata, a bull among kings, be made ruler of the earth.’
Words: rāmaṃ — Rāma; pravrājayāraṇye — banish to the forest; nava varṣāṇi — nine years; pañca ca — and five; bharataḥ — Bharata; kriyatāṃ rājā — let (him) be made king; pṛthivyāṃ — on the earth; pārthivarṣabhaḥ — the bull among kings
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.