Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 9: Kaikeyī Convinced by Mantharā
Text 2.9.4
एवमुक्ता तया देव्या मन्थरा पापदर्शिनी।
रामार्थमुपहिंसन्ती कैकेयीमिदमब्रवीत्॥
evam uktā tayā devyā mantharā pāpa-darśinī
rāmārtham upahiṁsantī kaikeyīm idam abravīt
evam = thus; uktā = being addressed; tayā = by the; devyā = queen; mantharā = Mantharā; pāpa-darśinī = of sinful vision; rāma-artham = [Daśaratha’s] mission of coronating Rāma; upahiṁsantī = while destroying; kaikeyīm = to Kaikeyī; idam = the following; abravīt = spoke.
Being thus addressed by the queen, Mantharā of sinful vision spoke the following to Kaikeyī while destroying [Daśaratha’s] mission of coronating Rāma.