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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.39
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
2.9.39
tavāpi kubjāḥ kubjāyāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ
pādau paricariṣyanti yathaiva tvaṃ sadā mama
Other hunchbacks, decked in every ornament, will wait upon your feet, O hunchback, just as you always attend upon mine.
Words: tavāpi — of you too; kubjāḥ — (other) hunchbacks; kubjāyāḥ — of you, a hunchback; sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ — adorned with all ornaments; pādau — the feet; paricariṣyanti — will wait upon, attend; yathaiva — just as; tvaṃ sadā mama — you always (attend) mine
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.