Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 9: Kaikeyī Convinced by Mantharā
Text 2.9.5
हन्तेदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि कैकेयि श्रूयतां च मे।
यथा ते भरतो राज्यं पुत्रः प्राप्स्यति केवलम्॥
hantedānīṁ pravakṣyāmi kaikeyi śrūyatāṁ ca me
yathā te bharato rājyaṁ putraḥ prāpsyati kevalam
hanta = ah; idānīm = now; pravakṣyāmi = I will tell [you]; kaikeyi = Kaikeyī; śrūyatām ca = listen; me = to me; yathā = how; te = your; bharataḥ = Bharata; rājyam = kingdom; putraḥ = son; prāpsyati = can attain; kevalam = the entire 1.
Ah, Kaikeyī, now I will tell [you] how your son Bharata can attain the entire kingdom. Listen to me.
Hanta indicates that Mantharā was now delighted that as she had desired Kaikeyī asked her about the means to banish Rāma and coronate Bharata. Mantharā also remembered the boons [Daśaratha had given Kaikeyī that she could now take advantage of].