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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.25

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

2.9.25

yena kālena rāmaś ca vanāt pratyāgamiṣyati
tena kālena putras te kṛtamūlo bhaviṣyati
saṃgṛhītamanuṣyaś ca suhṛdbhiḥ sārdham ātmavān

By the time Rāma returns from the forest, your son will have struck root, having won the people to himself, and, self-possessed, secure among his friends.

Words: yena kālena — by which time; rāmaś ca — and Rāma; vanāt — from the forest; pratyāgamiṣyati — will return; tena kālena — by that time; putras te — your son; kṛtamūlo — firmly rooted; bhaviṣyati — will be; saṃgṛhītamanuṣyaś ca — and having won over the people; suhṛdbhiḥ sārdham — together with his friends; ātmavān — self-possessed, firm

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.