Chapter 57 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 57.26

देव यस्या भयाद् रामं नानुपृच्छसि सारथिम्। नेह तिष्ठति कैकेयी विश्रब्धं प्रतिभाष्यताम्॥

deva yasyā bhayād rāmaṃ nānupṛcchasi sārathim| neha tiṣṭhati kaikeyī viśrabdhaṃ pratibhāṣyatām||

English Meaning

O worshipful one, she from fear of whom you do not speak to the charioteer, Kaikeyi, is not here. Do you therefore speak to him without fear.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)