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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.43

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.

2.9.43

anekaśatasāhasraṃ muktāhāraṃ varāṅganā
avamucya varārhāṇi śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca

and the fair-limbed woman cast off a pearl necklace worth many hundreds of thousands, and other precious, beautiful ornaments;

Words: anekaśatasāhasraṃ — worth many hundreds of thousands; muktāhāraṃ — a pearl necklace; varāṅganā — the fair-limbed woman; avamucya — casting off; varārhāṇi — precious, worthy of the best; śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca — and fair ornaments

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.