Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 78: Śatrughna Punishes Mantharā
Text 2.78.23
इमामपि हतां कुब्जां यदि जानाति राघवः।
त्वां च मां च हि धर्मात्मा नाभिभाषिष्यते ध्रुवम्॥
imām api hatāṁ kubjāṁ yadi jānāti rāghavaḥ
tvāṁ ca māṁ ca hi dharmātmā nābhibhāṣiṣyate dhruvam
imām api = that this; hatām = has been killed; kubjām = hunchback; yadi = if; jānāti = knows; rāghavaḥ = Rāghava; tvām ca = to You; mām ca hi = or Me; dharma-ātmā = that dhārmika soul; na = never; abhibhāṣiṣyate = will speak; dhruvam = ever.
“If Rāghava knows that this hunchback has been killed, that dhārmika soul will never ever speak to You or Me.”