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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.47
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.
2.9.47
udīrṇasaṃrambhatamovṛtānanā tathāvamuktottamamālyabhūṣaṇā
narendrapatnī vimanā babhūva sā tamovṛtā dyaur iva magnatārakā
Her face shrouded in the darkness of surging fury, her costly garlands and ornaments cast aside, the king's wife became dejected, like the sky veiled in gloom with its stars sunk from sight.
Words: udīrṇasaṃrambhatamovṛtānanā — her face veiled in the darkness of surging fury; tathāvamuktottamamālyabhūṣaṇā — her fine garlands and ornaments cast off; narendrapatnī — the king's wife; vimanā — dejected, downcast; babhūva sā — she became; tamovṛtā — veiled in darkness; dyaur iva — like the sky; magnatārakā — its stars sunk from sight
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.