Chapter 7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 7.13

कैकेयी त्वब्रवीत्कुब्जां कच्चित्क्षेमं न मन्थरे। विषण्णवदनां हि त्वां लक्षये भृशदुःखिताम्॥

kaikeyī tvabravītkubjāṃ kaccitkṣemaṃ na manthare| viṣaṇṇavadanāṃ hi tvāṃ lakṣaye bhṛśaduḥkhitām||

English Meaning

And Kaikeyi said to the hump-backed one, Is any evil present, O Mantharā? I do find you with countenance fallen and sore distressed with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)