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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.4

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 now resolves to make Bharata King and send Rāma away; she asks Mantharā how to accomplish it

2.9.4

evam uktā tayā devyā mantharā pāpadarśinī
rāmārtham upahiṃsantī kaikeyīm idam abravīt

Thus addressed by the queen, Mantharā of evil vision, working to injure Rāma's cause, spoke this to Kaikeyī:

Words: evam uktā — thus addressed; tayā devyā — by that queen; mantharā — Mantharā; pāpadarśinī — of evil vision, seeing wickedly; rāmārtham — against Rāma's interest; upahiṃsantī — working harm, injuring; kaikeyīm — to Kaikeyī; idam abravīt — spoke this

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.