Valmiki Ramayana 2.78.26: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78, Shloka 26
अष्टसप्ततितमः सर्गः · Śatrughna’s Fury and Bharata’s Restraint
Mantharā Episode
शत्रुघ्नविक्षेपविमूढसंज्ञां समीक्ष्य कुब्जां भरतस्य माता ।
शनैस्समाश्वासयदार्तरूपां क्रौञ्चीं विलग्नामिव वीक्षमाणाम् ॥२६॥
śatrughnavikṣepavimūḍhasaṁjñāṁ samīkṣya kubjāṁ bharatasya mātā |
śanais samāśvāsayad ārtarūpāṁ krauñcīṁ vilagnām iva vīkṣamāṇām ||26||
शत्रुघ्ने ने मंथरा को इतना ज़ोर से धक्का दिया कि उसकी होश उड़ गई। कैकेयी ने देखा कि वो कैसी दर्द में है, ऐसे जैसे कोई चिड़िया फंस गई हो। भरत की माँ ने उसे धीरे-धीरे समझाया और शांत किया।
.Seeing the hunchback thrown down by Satrughna and lying senseless and anguishedlike a female krauncha bird caught in a net looking in different directions, Kaikeyi gently soothed her.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे अष्टसप्ततितमस्सर्गः।।Thus ends the seventyeighth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Dharma in social life includes calming harm and restoring order after violence; consolation and care are presented as immediate duties once aggression is halted.
Following Bharata’s intervention and Śatrughna’s release of Mantharā, Kaikeyī sees Mantharā shaken and comforts her.
Gentleness (mṛdutā) and protective composure: Kaikeyī’s act of soothing shows a caregiving response amid crisis, regardless of broader moral blame in the episode.
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