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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.33

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

2.9.33

tvam āyatābhyāṃ sakthibhyāṃ manthare kṣaumavāsini
agrato mama gacchantī rājahaṃsīva rājase

With your long thighs, O Mantharā clad in linen, walking before me you shine like a royal swan.

Words: tvam — you; āyatābhyāṃ sakthibhyāṃ — with your long thighs; manthare — O Mantharā; kṣaumavāsini — O you clad in linen; agrato mama — before me; gacchantī — walking; rājahaṃsīva — like a royal swan; rājase — you shine

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.