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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.36

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

2.9.36

jātyena ca suvarṇena suniṣṭaptena sundari
labdhārthā ca pratītā ca lepayiṣyāmi te sthagu

And with pure, well-refined gold, O lovely one, my aim achieved and well pleased, I shall gild your hump.

Words: jātyena ca — and with fine (pure); suvarṇena — with gold; suniṣṭaptena — well-refined; sundari — O beautiful one; labdhārthā ca — my aim achieved; pratītā ca — and well pleased; lepayiṣyāmi — I shall coat, gild; te sthagu — your hump

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.