Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.13

विकलाभ्यां च नेत्राभ्यामपश्यनिव भूमिपः। कृच्छ्राद् धैर्येण संस्तभ्य कैकेयीमिदब्रवीत्॥

vikalābhyāṃ ca netrābhyāmapaśyaniva bhūmipaḥ| kṛcchrād dhairyeṇa saṃstabhya kaikeyīmidabravīt||

English Meaning

Then calming himself with a great effort, the king, as if not seeing Kaikeyi, with his haggard eyes, addressed her, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)