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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.42

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: urged to act before it is too late, she removes her ornaments, lies on the bare floor, and declares that she will either obtain the two demands or die.

2.9.42

tathā protsāhitā devī gatvā mantharayā saha
krodhāgāraṃ viśālākṣī saubhāgyamadagarvitā

Thus urged on, the large-eyed queen, proud with the intoxication of her good fortune, went with Mantharā to the anger-chamber,

Words: tathā protsāhitā — thus urged on; devī — the queen; gatvā mantharayā saha — going together with Mantharā; krodhāgāraṃ — to the anger-chamber; viśālākṣī — the large-eyed one; saubhāgyamadagarvitā — proud with the pride of good fortune

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.