Valmiki Ramayana 2.9.22: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9, Shloka 22
मन्थराप्रेरणा · वरद्वय-स्मरणं च
Manthara’s Provocation and the Recalling of Two Boons
क्रोधागारं प्रविश्याऽद्य क्रुद्धेवाश्वपतेस्सुते ।
शेष्वाऽनन्तर्हितायां त्वं भूमौ मलिनवासिनी ॥२२॥
krodhāgāraṃ praviśyādya kruddhevāśvapateḥ sute |
śeṣvānantarhitāyāṃ tvaṃ bhūmau malinavāsinī ||22||
Ó filha de Aśvapati, entra hoje na câmara da ira; como quem está verdadeiramente enfurecida, deita-te ali no chão, sem adornos e com vestes sujas.
O Kaikeyi ,daughter of Ashwapati enter now the chamber of wrath like one in angry mood, wearing soiled garments and lie down on the bare ground.
FAQs
It demonstrates the adharma of emotional coercion—using performative anger and social pressure to bend another’s will rather than seeking truth and fairness.
Mantharā coaches Kaikeyī in a courtly tactic: the ‘krodhāgāra’ protest to compel Daśaratha.
The implied virtue is self-control (dama); the verse shows its opposite being strategically cultivated.
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