इदं ते राज्यकामस्य राज्यं प्राप्तमकण्टकम्। सम्प्राप्तं बत कैकेय्या शीघ्रं क्रूरेण कर्मणा॥
idaṃ te rājyakāmasya rājyaṃ prāptamakaṇṭakam| samprāptaṃ bata kaikeyyā śīghraṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā||
English Meaning
Thus have you, that had desired the kingdom, received it rid of its thorn. Alas! it has been speedily obtained through the crooked act of Kaikeyi.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)