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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.5

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

2.9.5

hantedānīṃ pravakṣyāmi kaikeyi śrūyatāṃ ca me
yathā te bharato rājyaṃ putraḥ prāpsyati kevalam

“Come now, O Kaikeyī, I shall speak; hear me — how your son Bharata will gain the kingdom for himself alone.

Words: hantedānīṃ — come now; pravakṣyāmi — I shall tell; kaikeyi — O Kaikeyī; śrūyatāṃ ca me — and let it be heard from me; yathā — how; te — your; bharato — Bharata; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; putraḥ — the son; prāpsyati — will obtain; kevalam — alone, entirely

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.