Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.1

तदप्रियममित्रघ्नो वचनं मरणोपमम्। श्रुत्वा न विव्यथे रामः कैकेयी चेदमब्रवीत्।।।

tadapriyamamitraghno vacanaṃ maraṇopamam| śrutvā na vivyathe rāmaḥ kaikeyī cedamabravīt|||

English Meaning

Hearing these unpleasant words like to death, Rama, the destroyer of foes, was not pained, and spoke thus to Kaikeyī.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)