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"Tell me a plan. By what plan, O
Manthara, will Bharata get the kingdom,
but not Rama, in any case ? "
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 
एवमुक्ता तया देव्या कुब्जा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
Being told thus by the queen, the hump-
backed (Manthara) spoke these words :
 
क्रोधागारं प्रविश्याद्य क्रुद्धेवाश्वपतेः सुते ।
शेप्वानन्तर्हितायां त्वं भूमौ मलिनवासिनी ॥
 
"O daughter of Asvapati, enter now
the house of anger and lie down, clad in
dirty clothes, on the bare earth, like an
angry woman.
 
दयिता त्वं सदा भर्तुस्तत्र मे नास्ति संशयः ।
त्वत्कृते स महाराजो विशेदपि हुताशनम् ॥
 
For
 
You are always the darling of your
husband. Of this, I have no doubt.
your sake, that great king may even enter
the fire.
 
न त्वां क्रोधयितुं शक्तो न क्रुद्धां प्रत्युदीक्षितुम् ।
तव प्रियार्थ राजा हि प्राणानपि परित्यजेत् ॥
 
He is not capable of making you angly
nor can he look you in the face when
angry.
To please you, the king would
indeed give up even his own life.
 
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