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 ||
«Встань, безумная, зачем ты спишь? Страх надвигается на тебя. Почему ты не понимаешь, что тебя уносит, словно по течению, потоком бедствий и опасностей?»
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.