सर्गः ८
In which Mantharā spurns Kaikēyī praise of Rāma, foretells slavery to Kausalyā and Bharata ruin, and urges Bharata flight to forest with kingship plotting.
Mantharā discards ornament in wrath and grief — Mantharā mocks joy and foretells servitude to Kausalyā — Kaikēyī praises righteous Rāma and trusts Bharata future — Mantharā warns Bharata exclusion from royal line — Mantharā warns Rāma will send Bharata to other world — Mantharā cites Lakṣmaṇa pact and certain harm to Bharata — Mantharā urges Bharata flight from Rājagr̥ha to forest — Mantharā warns lion peril and Kausalyā revenge — Mantharā urges kingdom for son and exile for rival