Chapter 16 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 16.32

भर्ता दशरथो यस्याः साधुश्च भरतः सुतः। कथं नु साम्बा कैकेयी तादृशी क्रुरदशिनी॥

bhartā daśaratho yasyāḥ sādhuśca bharataḥ sutaḥ| kathaṃ nu sāmbā kaikeyī tādṛśī kruradaśinī||

English Meaning

How can mother Kaikeyī, whose husband is Daśaratha and son the righteous Bharata, have such crooked way?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)