Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.13

तं प्रत्युवाच कैकेयी प्रियवद् घोरमप्रियम्। अजानन्तं प्रजानन्ती राज्यलोभेन मोहिता॥

taṃ pratyuvāca kaikeyī priyavad ghoramapriyam| ajānantaṃ prajānantī rājyalobhena mohitā||

English Meaning

Blinded by the lust of dominion, and looking upon that as desirable (to Bharata) which was exceedingly disagreeable (to him), Kaikeyi replied to him, who did not know what had transpired.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)