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 ||
«Ergue-te, tola; por que dormes? O temor se aproxima de ti. Por que não percebes que estás sendo levada, à deriva, por uma enxurrada de perigos?»
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.