Chapter 7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 7.1

ज्ञातिदासी यतो जाता कैकेय्या तु सहोषिता। प्रासादं चन्द्रसंकाशमारुरोह यदृच्छया॥

jñātidāsī yato jātā kaikeyyā tu sahoṣitā| prāsādaṃ candrasaṃkāśamāruroha yadṛcchayā||

English Meaning

A woman, brought up with Kaikeyī, who formerly served as a maid-servant the family of her maternal uncle, at her own will, ascended the palace resembling the moon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)