मन्थराप्रवेशः
Manthara Observes Ayodhya and Incites Kaikeyi
उत्तिष्ठ मूढे किं शेषे भयं त्वामभिवर्तते।उपप्लुतामौघेन किमात्मानं न बुध्यसे।।।।
uttiṣṭha mūḍhe kiṃ śeṣe bhayaṃ tvām abhivartate | upaplutām aughena kim ātmānaṃ na budhyase ||
「起きなさい、愚かな者よ。なぜ眠っているのだ。恐れが汝に迫っている。災いの洪水に浮かび、流されていることを、なぜ悟らぬのか。」
Though you appear to be your husband's darling, in reality he dislikes you. The good fortune you boast of indeed is unstable like the stream of a river in summer.
It illustrates how adharma often begins with distortion: fear is used as a tool to override calm discernment (viveka), pulling a person away from truthful judgment (satya).
Mantharā abruptly wakes Kaikeyī and tries to alarm her, claiming imminent danger.
The need for discernment and steadiness (a virtue implied by its absence): Kaikeyī is urged away from calm reason by Mantharā’s panic-inducing rhetoric.