As Kadru tormented Vinata, so will Kausalya treat you. Bharat will be a slave in bonds, under Rama and Lakshman.”
Chaupâi
When she heard these cutting words Kekaya’s daughter could say nothing; she was all in a fever for fear: her limbs were bathed with perspiration; and she trembled like a plantain stalk. Then Humpback bit her tongue, and with innumerable crafty speeches kept consoling the queen, saying “courage, courage,” till with her ill-teaching she warped her like a seasoned plank, which there is no bending straight. By a turn of fate the vile became a favourite, as though a beautiful flamingo should flatter an ugly crane. “Hearken, Manthara, your words are true; my right eye is always throbbing and every night I have some ill dream; but in my folly I did not tell you. What can I do, friend? I am such an innocent that I cannot myself tell right from left.
Chaupâi
When she heard these cutting words Kekaya’s daughter could say nothing; she was all in a fever for fear: her limbs were bathed with perspiration; and she trembled like a plantain stalk. Then Humpback bit her tongue, and with innumerable crafty speeches kept consoling the queen, saying “courage, courage,” till with her ill-teaching she warped her like a seasoned plank, which there is no bending straight. By a turn of fate the vile became a favourite, as though a beautiful flamingo should flatter an ugly crane. “Hearken, Manthara, your words are true; my right eye is always throbbing and every night I have some ill dream; but in my folly I did not tell you. What can I do, friend? I am such an innocent that I cannot myself tell right from left.