प्रस्थाप्य चीरवसनं पुत्रं मे वनवासिनम्। कैकेयी के गुणं तत्र पश्यति क्रूरदर्शिनी॥
prasthāpya cīravasanaṃ putraṃ me vanavāsinam| kaikeyī ke guṇaṃ tatra paśyati krūradarśinī||
English Meaning
What is the good that is perceived by Kaikeyi of tortuous sight in sending away my son clad in bark to the woods?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)