Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.25

रुदत्रातः प्रियं पुत्रं सत्यपाशेन संयुतः। कैकेय्या चोद्यमानस्तु मिथो राजा तमब्रवीत्॥

rudatrātaḥ priyaṃ putraṃ satyapāśena saṃyutaḥ| kaikeyyā codyamānastu mitho rājā tamabravīt||

English Meaning

Fettered in the net of promise, the king bewailing his beloved son, secretly spurred on by Kaikeyi, said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)