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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.27

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: Kaikeyī praises Mantharā's cleverness and promises her lavish rewards

2.9.27

anartham artharūpeṇa grāhitā sā tatas tayā
hṛṣṭā pratītā kaikeyī mantharām idam abravīt

Thus led by her to embrace ruin in the guise of good, Kaikeyī, delighted and reassured, spoke this to Mantharā:

Words: anartham — calamity, ruin; artharūpeṇa — in the form of a benefit; grāhitā — made to grasp, persuaded; sā tatas tayā — she then by her; hṛṣṭā — delighted; pratītā — reassured, confident; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; mantharām idam abravīt — spoke this to Mantharā

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.