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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.44

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.

2.9.44

tato hemopamā tatra kubjā vākyaṃ vaśaṃ gatā
saṃviśya bhūmau kaikeyī mantharām idam abravīt

Then Kaikeyī, golden-hued, having fallen under the sway of the hunchback's words, lay down upon the ground and spoke this to Mantharā:

Words: tato — then; hemopamā — golden-hued (like gold); tatra — there; kubjā — of the hunchback; vākyaṃ — the words; vaśaṃ gatā — come under the sway of; saṃviśya bhūmau — lying down on the ground; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; mantharām idam abravīt — spoke this to Mantharā

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.