{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":8,"title":"Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind","sentence":"Kaikeyī defends Rāma, Mantharā argues that his descendants will exclude Bharata’s line and urges Rāma’s exile","portion":"Mantharā and Kaikeyī’s two boons","sequence":[[{"steps":["Mantharā throws aside the gift and insists that Kaikeyī is celebrating her own humiliation","she predicts that Kaikeyī will become Kausalyā's servant and Bharata's household will lose its standing (8.1–5)"],"from":1,"to":5,"sarga":8},{"steps":["Kaikeyī defends Rāma: he is virtuous, the eldest, and entitled to succeed; he will protect his brothers","she expects Bharata to inherit in time and says Rāma serves her even more attentively than he serves Kausalyā (8.6–10)"],"from":6,"to":10,"sarga":8},{"steps":["Mantharā argues that Rāma's own son will succeed him, shutting Bharata's branch out of the royal line (8.11–16)"],"from":11,"to":16,"sarga":8},{"steps":["she claims Bharata's long absence has weakened his position and that Rāma may exile or kill him once his power is secure (8.17–19)"],"from":17,"to":19,"sarga":8},{"steps":["she contrasts Rāma's close bond with Lakṣmaṇa against Bharata's vulnerability; in the wording of this translation, she now says Kaikeyī's son should leave for the forest (8.20–22)"],"from":20,"to":22,"sarga":8},{"steps":["she warns that Kausalyā will repay earlier slights (8.23–26)"],"from":23,"to":26,"sarga":8},{"steps":["her final proposal is explicit: Kaikeyī must obtain the Kingdom for Bharata and have Rāma banished (8.27)."],"from":27,"to":27,"sarga":8}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"2.008.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"mantharā tv abhyasūyyainām utsṛjyābharaṇaṃ ca tat","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"uvācedaṃ tato vākyaṃ kopaduḥkhasamanvitā","q":null}],"tr":"But Mantharā, resentful of her, cast off that ornament and then, filled with anger and grief, spoke these words:","w":[["mantharā","Mantharā"],["tv","but","tu"],["abhyasūyyainām","being indignant at her","abhyasūyya enām"],["utsṛjyābharaṇaṃ","casting off the ornament","utsṛjya ābharaṇaṃ"],["ca tat","and that"],["uvācedaṃ","spoke this","uvāca idaṃ"],["tato","then","tataḥ"],["vākyaṃ","speech, words"],["kopaduḥkhasamanvitā","filled with anger and grief","",[["kopa","anger"],["duḥkha","grief, pain"],["samanvita","filled with, endowed with"]]]]},{"v":2,"ref":"2.008.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"harṣaṃ kim idam asthāne kṛtavaty asi bāliśe","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"śokasāgaramadhyastham ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyase","q":null}],"tr":"“Why have you shown this joy at so wrong a moment, you fool? You do not perceive that you yourself stand in the very midst of an ocean of grief.","w":[["harṣaṃ","joy, delight"],["kim idam","why this"],["asthāne","out of place, at the wrong time","",[["a-","not"],["sthāna","place, occasion"]]],["kṛtavaty asi","you have shown","kṛtavatī asi"],["bāliśe","O foolish one"],["śokasāgaramadhyastham","standing in the midst of an ocean of grief","",[["śoka","grief"],["sāgara","ocean"],["madhyastha","standing in the middle"]]],["ātmānaṃ","yourself"],["nāvabudhyase","you do not perceive","na avabudhyase"]]},{"v":3,"ref":"2.008.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"subhagā khalu kausalyā yasyāḥ putro 'bhiṣekṣyate","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yauvarājyena mahatā śvaḥ puṣyeṇa dvijottamaiḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Fortunate indeed is Kausalyā, whose son is to be consecrated tomorrow, under the Puṣya star, by the foremost of brahmins, to the great office of heir-apparent.","w":[["subhagā","fortunate, blessed","",[["su","good, well"],["bhaga","fortune, portion"]]],["khalu","indeed"],["kausalyā","Kausalyā"],["yasyāḥ","whose"],["putro 'bhiṣekṣyate","son will be consecrated","putraḥ abhiṣekṣyate"],["yauvarājyena","with the heir-apparency"],["mahatā","great"],["śvaḥ","tomorrow"],["puṣyeṇa","under the Puṣya (asterism)"],["dvijottamaiḥ","by the best of brahmins","",[["dvija","twice-born, brahmin"],["uttama","best, highest"]]]]},{"v":4,"ref":"2.008.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"prāptāṃ sumahatīṃ prītiṃ pratītāṃ tāṃ hatadviṣam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"upasthāsyasi kausalyāṃ dāsīva tvaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ","q":null}],"tr":"You will wait upon that Kausalyā — who has won very great joy, exultant, and rid of her rivals — like a serving-maid, your palms joined in homage.","w":[["prāptāṃ","who has attained"],["sumahatīṃ","very great","",[["su","very"],["mahatī","great"]]],["prītiṃ","joy, delight"],["pratītāṃ","exultant, confident"],["tāṃ","her"],["hatadviṣam","whose foes are destroyed","",[["hata","slain, destroyed"],["dviṣ","enemy"]]],["upasthāsyasi","you will wait upon, attend"],["kausalyāṃ","Kausalyā"],["dāsīva","like a serving-maid","dāsī iva"],["tvaṃ","you"],["kṛtāñjaliḥ","with palms joined","",[["kṛta","made"],["añjali","cupped hands, salutation"]]]]},{"v":5,"ref":"2.008.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"hṛṣṭāḥ khalu bhaviṣyanti rāmasya paramāḥ striyaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"aprahṛṣṭā bhaviṣyanti snuṣās te bharatakṣaye","q":null}],"tr":"Rāma's chief women will surely be delighted, while your daughters-in-law will be joyless at Bharata's downfall.","w":[["hṛṣṭāḥ","delighted"],["khalu","indeed"],["bhaviṣyanti","will be"],["rāmasya","of Rāma"],["paramāḥ","chief, foremost"],["striyaḥ","women"],["aprahṛṣṭā","joyless","",[["a-","not"],["prahṛṣṭa","delighted"]]],["bhaviṣyanti","will be"],["snuṣās","daughters-in-law","snuṣāḥ"],["te","your"],["bharatakṣaye","at the ruin of Bharata","",[["bharata","Bharata"],["kṣaya","ruin, loss"]]]]},{"v":6,"ref":"2.008.006","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tāṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītāṃ bruvantīṃ mantharāṃ tataḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmasyaiva guṇān devī kaikeyī praśaśaṃsa ha","q":null}],"tr":"Seeing Mantharā speaking thus, greatly aggrieved, Queen Kaikeyī then extolled the very virtues of Rāma:","w":[["tāṃ","her"],["dṛṣṭvā","having seen"],["paramaprītāṃ","greatly displeased","parama-aprītāṃ",[["parama","exceedingly"],["aprīta","displeased, distressed"]]],["bruvantīṃ","speaking"],["mantharāṃ","Mantharā"],["tataḥ","then"],["rāmasyaiva","of Rāma alone","rāmasya eva"],["guṇān","the virtues"],["devī","the queen"],["kaikeyī","Kaikeyī"],["praśaśaṃsa ha","praised indeed"]]},{"v":7,"ref":"2.008.007","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"dharmajño gurubhir dāntaḥ kṛtajñaḥ satyavāk śuciḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmo rājñaḥ suto jyeṣṭho yauvarājyam ato 'rhati","q":null}],"tr":"“Rāma knows dharma, is disciplined by his elders, grateful, truthful of speech, and pure; being the king's eldest son, he therefore deserves the heir-apparency.","w":[["dharmajño","knower of dharma","dharmajñaḥ",[["dharma","dharma, right"],["jña","knower"]]],["gurubhir","by his elders/teachers","gurubhiḥ"],["dāntaḥ","disciplined, restrained"],["kṛtajñaḥ","grateful","",[["kṛta","done"],["jña","knowing"]]],["satyavāk","truthful of speech","",[["satya","truth"],["vāc","speech"]]],["śuciḥ","pure"],["rāmo","Rāma","rāmaḥ"],["rājñaḥ","of the king"],["suto","son","sutaḥ"],["jyeṣṭho","eldest","jyeṣṭhaḥ"],["yauvarājyam","the heir-apparency"],["ato 'rhati","therefore deserves","ataḥ arhati"]]},{"v":8,"ref":"2.008.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bhrātṝn bhṛtyāṃś ca dīrghāyuḥ pitṛvat pālayiṣyati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"saṃtapyase kathaṃ kubje śrutvā rāmābhiṣecanam","q":null}],"tr":"Long-lived, he will protect his brothers and dependents like a father. Why do you burn with grief, O hunchback, on hearing of Rāma's consecration?”","w":[["bhrātṝn","brothers"],["bhṛtyāṃś ca","and dependents, servants","bhṛtyān ca"],["dīrghāyuḥ","the long-lived one","",[["dīrgha","long"],["āyus","life"]]],["pitṛvat","like a father"],["pālayiṣyati","will protect"],["saṃtapyase","you burn with grief"],["kathaṃ","why, how"],["kubje","O hunchback"],["śrutvā","having heard"],["rāmābhiṣecanam","the consecration of Rāma","rāma-abhiṣecanam",[["rāma","Rāma"],["abhiṣecana","consecration, anointing"]]]]},{"v":9,"ref":"2.008.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bharataś cāpi rāmasya dhruvaṃ varṣaśatāt param","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyam avāpsyati nararṣabhaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"And Bharata too, that bull among men, will surely obtain the ancestral kingdom after Rāma, once a hundred years have passed.","w":[["bharataś cāpi","and Bharata too","bharataḥ ca api"],["rāmasya","after Rāma"],["dhruvaṃ","surely"],["varṣaśatāt","after a hundred years","",[["varṣa","year"],["śata","hundred"]]],["param","beyond, after"],["pitṛpaitāmahaṃ","of fathers and forefathers, ancestral","",[["pitṛ","father"],["paitāmaha","of the grandfather, ancestral"]]],["rājyam","the kingdom"],["avāpsyati","will obtain"],["nararṣabhaḥ","the bull among men","",[["nara","man"],["ṛṣabha","bull, best"]]]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.008.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sā tvam abhyudaye prāpte vartamāne ca manthare","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"bhaviṣyati ca kalyāṇe kimarthaṃ paritapyase","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"kausalyāto 'tiriktaṃ ca sa tu śuśrūṣate hi mām","q":null}],"tr":"When such prosperity has arrived and is at hand, O Mantharā, and good fortune is yet to come, why do you torment yourself? Indeed, he attends upon me even more than upon Kausalyā.”","w":[["sā tvam","you who are such"],["abhyudaye","prosperity, rise"],["prāpte","having arrived"],["vartamāne ca","and being present, ongoing"],["manthare","O Mantharā"],["bhaviṣyati ca","and (that which) is to come"],["kalyāṇe","good fortune, blessing"],["kimarthaṃ","why, for what"],["paritapyase","do you torment yourself"],["kausalyāto 'tiriktaṃ","more than Kausalyā","kausalyātaḥ atiriktaṃ"],["ca","and"],["sa tu","he indeed"],["śuśrūṣate","serves, is attentive"],["hi","for"],["mām","me"]]},{"v":11,"ref":"2.008.011","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kaikeyyā vacanaṃ śrutvā mantharā bhṛśaduḥkhitā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"dīrgham uṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya kaikeyīm idam abravīt","q":null}],"tr":"Hearing Kaikeyī's words, Mantharā, deeply distressed, drawing a long, hot sigh, spoke this to Kaikeyī:","w":[["kaikeyyā","of Kaikeyī"],["vacanaṃ","words, speech"],["śrutvā","having heard"],["mantharā","Mantharā"],["bhṛśaduḥkhitā","deeply distressed","",[["bhṛśa","very, deeply"],["duḥkhita","pained, distressed"]]],["dīrgham","long"],["uṣṇaṃ","hot"],["viniḥśvasya","having sighed, breathed out"],["kaikeyīm","to Kaikeyī"],["idam abravīt","spoke this"]]},{"v":12,"ref":"2.008.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"anarthadarśinī maurkhyān nātmānam avabudhyase","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"śokavyasanavistīrṇe majjantī duḥkhasāgare","q":null}],"tr":"“Blind to the disaster ahead, out of folly you do not perceive yourself sinking in an ocean of sorrow spread wide with grief and calamity.","w":[["anarthadarśinī","failing to see the coming ruin","",[["an-","not"],["artha","benefit, good"],["darśin","seeing"]]],["maurkhyān","out of folly","maurkhyāt"],["nātmānam","not yourself","na ātmānam"],["avabudhyase","you perceive"],["śokavyasanavistīrṇe","spread wide with grief and calamity","",[["śoka","grief"],["vyasana","calamity, misfortune"],["vistīrṇa","spread wide, vast"]]],["majjantī","sinking"],["duḥkhasāgare","in an ocean of sorrow","",[["duḥkha","sorrow"],["sāgara","ocean"]]]]},{"v":13,"ref":"2.008.013","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bhavitā rāghavo rājā rāghavasya ca yaḥ sutaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rājavaṃśāt tu bharataḥ kaikeyi parihāsyate","q":null}],"tr":"Rāghava will become king, and after him whoever is Rāghava's son; but Bharata, O Kaikeyī, will be shut out from the royal succession.","w":[["bhavitā","will become"],["rāghavo","Rāghava (Rāma)","rāghavaḥ"],["rājā","king"],["rāghavasya ca","and of Rāghava"],["yaḥ sutaḥ","who is the son"],["rājavaṃśāt","from the royal line","",[["rāja","royal, king"],["vaṃśa","lineage, line"]]],["tu","but"],["bharataḥ","Bharata"],["kaikeyi","O Kaikeyī"],["parihāsyate","will be excluded, cast out"]]},{"v":14,"ref":"2.008.014","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"na hi rājñaḥ sutāḥ sarve rājye tiṣṭhanti bhāmini","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sthāpyamāneṣu sarveṣu sumahān anayo bhavet","q":null}],"tr":"For not all a king's sons succeed to the throne, O proud lady; were they all to be installed, a very great disorder would arise.","w":[["na hi","for not"],["rājñaḥ","of the king"],["sutāḥ","sons"],["sarve","all"],["rājye","in the kingship"],["tiṣṭhanti","stand, remain"],["bhāmini","O passionate/proud lady"],["sthāpyamāneṣu","if they were being installed"],["sarveṣu","all"],["sumahān","a very great","",[["su","very"],["mahat","great"]]],["anayo","disorder, misrule","anayaḥ",[["a-","not, ill"],["naya","policy, guidance"]]],["bhavet","would arise"]]},{"v":15,"ref":"2.008.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tasmāj jyeṣṭhe hi kaikeyi rājyatantrāṇi pārthivāḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sthāpayanty anavadyāṅgi guṇavatsv itareṣv api","q":null}],"tr":"Therefore, O Kaikeyī, kings place the reins of the realm upon the eldest, O faultless-limbed one, even when the other sons are endowed with virtues.","w":[["tasmāj","therefore","tasmāt"],["jyeṣṭhe","upon the eldest"],["hi","indeed"],["kaikeyi","O Kaikeyī"],["rājyatantrāṇi","the reins of the kingdom","",[["rājya","kingdom, sovereignty"],["tantra","governance, management"]]],["pārthivāḥ","kings"],["sthāpayanty","place, establish","sthāpayanti"],["anavadyāṅgi","O you of faultless limbs","anavadya-aṅgi",[["anavadya","faultless, blameless"],["aṅga","limb, body"]]],["guṇavatsv","among the virtuous","guṇavatsu"],["itareṣv api","even the others","itareṣu api"]]},{"v":16,"ref":"2.008.016","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"asāv atyantanirbhagnas tava putro bhaviṣyati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"anāthavat sukhebhyaś ca rājavaṃśāc ca vatsale","q":null}],"tr":"That son of yours will be utterly cast down, O tender one, shut off like a helpless orphan from all comforts and from the royal line.","w":[["asāv","that one","asau"],["atyantanirbhagnas","utterly cast down, ruined","atyantanirbhagnaḥ",[["atyanta","utter, extreme"],["nirbhagna","broken off, cast down"]]],["tava putro","your son","tava putraḥ"],["bhaviṣyati","will be"],["anāthavat","like one without a protector","",[["a-","without"],["nātha","protector, lord"],["-vat","like"]]],["sukhebhyaś ca","and from comforts","sukhebhyaḥ ca"],["rājavaṃśāc ca","and from the royal line","rājavaṃśāt ca",[["rāja","royal"],["vaṃśa","lineage"]]],["vatsale","O tender, affectionate one"]]},{"v":17,"ref":"2.008.017","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sāhaṃ tvadarthe saṃprāptā tvaṃ tu māṃ nāvabudhyase","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sapatnivṛddhau yā me tvaṃ pradeyaṃ dātum icchasi","q":null}],"tr":"I have come here for your very sake, yet you do not understand me — you who would give me a reward at a moment that spells your rival's triumph.","w":[["sāhaṃ","I who am such","sā ahaṃ"],["tvadarthe","for your sake","",[["tvat","you"],["artha","sake, purpose"]]],["saṃprāptā","have come"],["tvaṃ tu","but you"],["māṃ","me"],["nāvabudhyase","do not understand","na avabudhyase"],["sapatnivṛddhau","at the prospering of a rival co-wife","",[["sapatnī","co-wife, rival"],["vṛddhi","increase, prospering"]]],["yā","who"],["me","to me"],["tvaṃ","you"],["pradeyaṃ","a gift, something to be given"],["dātum icchasi","wish to give"]]},{"v":18,"ref":"2.008.018","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"dhruvaṃ tu bharataṃ rāmaḥ prāpya rājyam akaṇṭakam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"deśāntaraṃ nāyayitvā lokāntaram athāpi vā","q":null}],"tr":"Surely, once Rāma has secured the kingdom free of rivals, he will have Bharata sent off to some far country, or else to another world.","w":[["dhruvaṃ tu","surely"],["bharataṃ","Bharata"],["rāmaḥ","Rāma"],["prāpya","having obtained"],["rājyam","the kingdom"],["akaṇṭakam","free of thorns, unopposed","",[["a-","without"],["kaṇṭaka","thorn, foe"]]],["deśāntaraṃ","to another country","",[["deśa","country, land"],["antara","other"]]],["nāyayitvā","having caused (him) to be led away"],["lokāntaram","to another world","",[["loka","world"],["antara","other"]]],["athāpi vā","or else","atha api vā"]]},{"v":19,"ref":"2.008.019","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bāla eva hi mātulyaṃ bharato nāyitas tvayā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"saṃnikarṣāc ca sauhārdaṃ jāyate sthāvareṣv api","q":null}],"tr":"For while still a child Bharata was sent by you to his uncle's home; and affection is born of nearness, even among unfeeling things.","w":[["bāla eva hi","while still a child"],["mātulyaṃ","to the maternal uncle's home"],["bharato","Bharata","bharataḥ"],["nāyitas tvayā","was sent away by you","nāyitaḥ tvayā"],["saṃnikarṣāc ca","and from nearness","saṃnikarṣāt ca"],["sauhārdaṃ","friendship, affection"],["jāyate","is born, arises"],["sthāvareṣv api","even among immovable (inanimate) things","sthāvareṣu api"]]},{"v":20,"ref":"2.008.020","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"goptā hi rāmaṃ saumitrir lakṣmaṇaṃ cāpi rāghavaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"aśvinor iva saubhrātraṃ tayor lokeṣu viśrutam","q":null}],"tr":"Saumitri is the protector of Rāma, and Rāghava likewise of Lakṣmaṇa; the brotherhood of those two is famed throughout the worlds, like that of the Aśvins.","w":[["goptā hi","is the protector"],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["saumitrir","Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)","saumitriḥ"],["lakṣmaṇaṃ cāpi","and Lakṣmaṇa too","lakṣmaṇaṃ ca api"],["rāghavaḥ","Rāghava (Rāma)"],["aśvinor iva","like the two Aśvins","aśvinoḥ iva"],["saubhrātraṃ","brotherly affection, brotherhood"],["tayor","of those two","tayoḥ"],["lokeṣu","in the worlds"],["viśrutam","renowned, famed"]]},{"v":21,"ref":"2.008.021","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tasmān na lakṣmaṇe rāmaḥ pāpaṃ kiṃ cit kariṣyati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmas tu bharate pāpaṃ kuryād iti na saṃśayaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Therefore Rāma will do no harm whatever to Lakṣmaṇa; but that Rāma would do harm to Bharata — of this there is no doubt.","w":[["tasmān","therefore","tasmāt"],["na","not"],["lakṣmaṇe","to Lakṣmaṇa"],["rāmaḥ","Rāma"],["pāpaṃ","harm, evil"],["kiṃ cit","any at all"],["kariṣyati","will do"],["rāmas tu","but Rāma","rāmaḥ tu"],["bharate","to Bharata"],["pāpaṃ","harm"],["kuryād","would do","kuryāt"],["iti na saṃśayaḥ","of this there is no doubt"]]},{"v":22,"ref":"2.008.022","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tasmād rājagṛhād eva vanaṃ gacchatu te sutaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"etad dhi rocate mahyaṃ bhṛśaṃ cāpi hitaṃ tava","q":null}],"tr":"Therefore let your son depart to the forest, straight from the royal palace; for this pleases me, and it is exceedingly to your good.","w":[["tasmād","therefore","tasmāt"],["rājagṛhād eva","from the very royal palace","rājagṛhāt eva",[["rāja","royal"],["gṛha","house, palace"]]],["vanaṃ","to the forest"],["gacchatu","let (him) go"],["te sutaḥ","your son"],["etad dhi","for this","etat hi"],["rocate","pleases"],["mahyaṃ","me, to me"],["bhṛśaṃ","exceedingly"],["cāpi","and also","ca api"],["hitaṃ tava","to your benefit"]]},{"v":23,"ref":"2.008.023","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"evaṃ te jñātipakṣasya śreyaś caiva bhaviṣyati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yadi ced bharato dharmāt pitryaṃ rājyam avāpsyati","q":null}],"tr":"Thus there will be welfare for your kinsmen's party, if only Bharata should rightfully obtain the ancestral kingdom.","w":[["evaṃ","thus"],["te","your"],["jñātipakṣasya","of the party of kinsmen","",[["jñāti","kinsman, relative"],["pakṣa","side, party"]]],["śreyaś caiva","and welfare, benefit","śreyaḥ ca eva"],["bhaviṣyati","will be"],["yadi ced","if"],["bharato","Bharata","bharataḥ"],["dharmāt","by right, lawfully"],["pitryaṃ","paternal, ancestral"],["rājyam","the kingdom"],["avāpsyati","will obtain"]]},{"v":24,"ref":"2.008.024","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sa te sukhocito bālo rāmasya sahajo ripuḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"samṛdhārthasya naṣṭārtho jīviṣyati kathaṃ vaśe","q":null}],"tr":"That comfort-bred boy of yours, a born rival of Rāma — his own fortunes lost, how will he live under the sway of a prospering Rāma?","w":[["sa","he"],["te","your"],["sukhocito","accustomed to comfort","sukhocitaḥ",[["sukha","comfort, ease"],["ucita","accustomed, fit"]]],["bālo","the youth","bālaḥ"],["rāmasya","of Rāma"],["sahajo","born together, natural","sahajaḥ",[["saha","together"],["ja","born"]]],["ripuḥ","enemy, rival"],["samṛdhārthasya","of one whose ends are accomplished, prosperous","samṛddha-arthasya",[["samṛddha","prospered, accomplished"],["artha","aim, fortune"]]],["naṣṭārtho","he whose fortunes are lost","naṣṭa-arthaḥ",[["naṣṭa","lost, ruined"],["artha","aim, fortune"]]],["jīviṣyati","will live"],["kathaṃ","how"],["vaśe","in subjection, under the power"]]},{"v":25,"ref":"2.008.025","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"abhidrutam ivāraṇye siṃhena gajayūthapam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"pracchādyamānaṃ rāmeṇa bharataṃ trātum arhasi","q":null}],"tr":"You ought to save Bharata, who is being overpowered by Rāma as a lord of the elephant-herd is assailed by a lion in the forest.","w":[["abhidrutam","assailed, run upon"],["ivāraṇye","as if in the forest","iva araṇye"],["siṃhena","by a lion"],["gajayūthapam","the leader of an elephant-herd","",[["gaja","elephant"],["yūtha","herd"],["pa","protector, lord"]]],["pracchādyamānaṃ","being overwhelmed, overshadowed"],["rāmeṇa","by Rāma"],["bharataṃ","Bharata"],["trātum arhasi","you ought to save"]]},{"v":26,"ref":"2.008.026","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"darpān nirākṛtā pūrvaṃ tvayā saubhāgyavattayā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmamātā sapatnī te kathaṃ vairaṃ na yātayet","q":null}],"tr":"Rāma's mother, your rival, whom you once spurned out of pride in your good fortune — how should she not repay that enmity?","w":[["darpān","out of pride","darpāt"],["nirākṛtā","slighted, rejected"],["pūrvaṃ","formerly"],["tvayā","by you"],["saubhāgyavattayā","through possession of good fortune","",[["saubhāgya","good fortune, favor"],["-vat","possessing"],["-tā","-ness"]]],["rāmamātā","Rāma's mother","",[["rāma","Rāma"],["mātṛ","mother"]]],["sapatnī te","your co-wife, rival"],["kathaṃ","how"],["vairaṃ","enmity"],["na yātayet","would she not repay, avenge"]]},{"v":27,"ref":"2.008.027","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"yadā hi rāmaḥ pṛthivīm avāpsyati dhruvaṃ pranaṣṭo bharato bhaviṣyati","q":["yadā hi rāmaḥ pṛthivīm avāpsyati","dhruvaṃ pranaṣṭo bharato bhaviṣyati"]},{"p":"c","t":"ato hi saṃcintaya rājyam ātmaje parasya cādyaiva vivāsa kāraṇam","q":["ato hi saṃcintaya rājyam ātmaje","parasya cādyaiva vivāsa kāraṇam"]}],"tr":"For when Rāma gains the earth, Bharata will surely be lost; 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