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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.24

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 explains why the exile matters: it will give Bharata time to establish his rule and win the people's loyalty before Rāma returns

2.9.24

evaṃ pravrājitaś caiva rāmo 'rāmo bhaviṣyati
bharataś ca hatāmitras tava rājā bhaviṣyati

Thus banished, Rāma will be Rāma no longer; and Bharata, his rivals destroyed, will become your king.

Words: evaṃ — thus; pravrājitaś caiva — and banished; rāmo 'rāmo — Rāma (will be) no Rāma; bhaviṣyati — will become; bharataś ca — and Bharata; hatāmitras — his enemies destroyed; tava rājā — your king; bhaviṣyati — will become

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.