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[Manthara incites Kaikeyi --Kaikeyi narrates the virtues of Rama--Manthara insinuates that installation of Rama would harm Bharata--hence Rama should be banished and Bharata coronated.]

मन्थरा त्वभ्यसूयैनामुत्सृज्याभरणं च तत्।

उवाचेदं ततो वाक्यं कोपदुःखसमन्विता।।2.8.1।।

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मन्थरा तु as for Manthara, एनाम् about her, अभ्यसूय having been disgusted, कोपदु:ख समन्विता filled with rage and sorrow, तत् that, आभरणम् ornament, उत्सृज्य having discarded, तत: after that, इदम् वाक्यं this word, उवाच said.

Annoyed with Kaikeyi and filled with rage and sorrow, Manthara discarded the ornament (gifted to her) and said these words: