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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.29

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

2.9.29

tvam eva tu mamārtheṣu nityayuktā hitaiṣiṇī
nāhaṃ samavabudhyeyaṃ kubje rājñaś cikīrṣitam

You alone, in my affairs, are ever devoted and wish me well; without you, O hunchback, I would never have grasped the king's design.

Words: tvam eva tu — you alone; mamārtheṣu — in my affairs; nityayuktā — ever engaged; hitaiṣiṇī — wishing (my) good; nāhaṃ — not I; samavabudhyeyaṃ — would have understood; kubje — O hunchback; rājñaś cikīrṣitam — the king's intention

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.