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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.35

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

2.9.35

atra te pratimokṣyāmi mālāṃ kubje hiraṇmayīm
abhiṣikte ca bharate rāghave ca vanaṃ gate

Upon this hump, O hunchback, I shall hang a golden garland, once Bharata is consecrated and Rāghava has gone to the forest.

Words: atra — here, upon it; te — on you; pratimokṣyāmi — I shall hang, fasten; mālāṃ — a garland; kubje — O hunchback; hiraṇmayīm — golden; abhiṣikte ca bharate — and when Bharata is consecrated; rāghave ca vanaṃ gate — and when Rāghava has gone to the forest

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.