Valmiki Ramayana 2.9.47 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9, Shloka 47

मन्थराप्रेरणा—वरद्वय-स्मरणं च

Manthara’s Provocation and the Recalling of Two Boons

Devanagari script

अत्र ते प्रतिमोक्ष्यामि मालां कुब्जे हिरण्मयीम्।।।।अभिषिक्ते च भरते राघवे च वनं गते।

Transliteration

atra te pratimokṣyāmi mālāṃ kubje hiraṇmayīm |

abhiṣikte ca bharate rāghave ca vanaṃ gate ||

Translation

ณ ที่นี้เอง โอ้หญิงหลังค่อม เราจักสวมพวงมาลัยทองคำไว้บนโหนกหลังของเจ้า—เมื่อภรตะได้รับราชาภิเษกแล้ว และราฆวะเสด็จไปสู่ป่า

Word by Word

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb of place

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Caturthī (4/चतुर्थी), Ekavacana

• pratimokṣyāmi: I will fasten/put on (for you)
• pratimokṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-muc (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्/Periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• mālām: garland
• mālām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2/द्वितीया), Ekavacana

• kubje: O hunchback (Mantharā)
• kubje: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kubjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• hiraṇmayīm: golden
• hiraṇmayīm: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hiraṇmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifying 'mālām'

• abhiṣikte: when (Bharata) is consecrated
• abhiṣikte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-ṣic (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle used locative absolute; Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; with 'bharate'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta

• bharate: in/when Bharata
• bharate: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; locative absolute with 'abhiṣikte'

• rāghave: when Rāghava (Rāma)
• rāghave: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; locative absolute with 'gate'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta

• vanam: to the forest
• vanam: Karma (कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; goal with 'gate'

• gate: having gone/when gone
• gate: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle used locative absolute; Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; agreeing with 'rāghave'

Context

O Manthara, when my objective is accomplished and I am fully satisfied, I will smear your hump with the best of refined liquid gold.

Characters & Entities

• Kaikeyī
• Mantharā
• Bharata
• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Forest (Vana)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

It shows the moral peril of rewarding wrongdoing. Dharma warns that incentives given for harmful counsel deepen injustice and bind the giver to the consequences.

What is the narrative situation?

Kaikeyī promises Mantharā gifts once the plan succeeds: Bharata’s coronation and Rāma’s exile to the forest.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

A lapse of virtue—gratitude is present, but misdirected toward a destructive aim, illustrating how loyalty without dharma becomes complicity.