Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.5

तां नयेन च सम्पन्नो धर्मेण विनयेन च। उवाच राजा कैकेयीं समीक्ष्य व्यथितेन्द्रियः॥

tāṃ nayena ca sampanno dharmeṇa vinayena ca| uvāca rājā kaikeyīṃ samīkṣya vyathitendriyaḥ||

English Meaning

Endowed with a sense of justice and with virtue and humility, the king with afflicted senses steadily eyeing Kaikeyī, thus spoke to her.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)