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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.9.6

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

2.9.6

śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasyā mantharāyās tu kaikayī
kiṃ cid utthāya śayanāt svāstīrṇād idam abravīt

Hearing these words of Mantharā, Kaikeyī, rising up a little from her well-spread couch, spoke this:

Words: śrutvaivaṃ — having thus heard; vacanaṃ — the words; tasyā — of her; mantharāyās tu — of Mantharā; kaikayī — Kaikeyī; kiṃ cid — a little; utthāya — rising up; śayanāt — from the couch; svāstīrṇād — well-spread; idam abravīt — spoke this

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.