Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7, Shloka 29
मन्थराप्रवेशः
Manthara Observes Ayodhya and Incites Kaikeyi
पापेनानृतसान्त्वेन बाले नित्यसुखोचिते।रामं स्थापयता राज्ये सानुबन्धा हता ह्यसि।।।।
pāpenānṛtasāntvena bāle nityasukhocite | rāmaṃ sthāpayatā rājye sānubandhā hatā hy asi ||
孩子啊，你素来惯于安乐；因那罪人以虚妄的慰言相欺，当他立罗摩（Rāma）居王位之时，你与一切系属于你的人（包括你的儿子）确已覆灭。
O senseless lady, you are always accustomed to comfort. With deceitful words of appeasement that vicious one (King Dasaratha) is going to install Rama in the kingdom. You along with your son have been surely ruined.
FAQs
It condemns anṛta (untruth) used as consolation; dharma requires satya in counsel and restraint from manipulative speech that harms family harmony.
Mantharā culminates her argument by asserting that Kaikeyī and Bharata’s future is destroyed if Rāma is installed as heir-apparent.
Self-control and clarity are implicitly needed; the verse shows how comfort and insecurity can be exploited to derail right judgment.