Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.48

श्रुत्वा तु राजा कैकेय्या वाक्यं परमशोभनम्। रामस्य च वने वासमैश्वर्यं भरतस्य च।११।। नाभ्यभाषत कैकयी मुहूर्तं व्याकुलेन्द्रियः। प्रेक्षतानिमिषो देवीं प्रियामप्रियवादिनीम्॥

śrutvā tu rājā kaikeyyā vākyaṃ paramaśobhanam| rāmasya ca vane vāsamaiśvaryaṃ bharatasya ca|11|| nābhyabhāṣata kaikayī muhūrtaṃ vyākulendriyaḥ| prekṣatānimiṣo devīṃ priyāmapriyavādinīm||

English Meaning

The king with his senses overwhelmed with grief, hearing Kaikeyi's exceedingly bitter words, reflected on Rama's abode in the woods, and the advancement of Bharata, and being bewildered for a while spoke not to Kaikeyi but gazed steadfastly at that exalted dame. a

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)