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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.26

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

2.9.26

prāptakālaṃ tu te manye rājānaṃ vītasādhvasā
rāmābhiṣekasaṃkalpān nigṛhya vinivartaya

I think the moment has come for you; free of all fear, hold the king back and turn him away from his resolve to consecrate Rāma.

Words: prāptakālaṃ — the time is at hand; tu te manye — I think, for you; rājānaṃ — the king; vītasādhvasā — free of fear; rāmābhiṣekasaṃkalpān — from the resolve to consecrate Rāma; nigṛhya — having restrained; vinivartaya — turn (him) back

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.