Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.12

तां दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीतां ब्रुवन्ती मन्थरां ततः। रामस्यैव गुणान्देवी कैकयी प्रशशंस ह॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītāṃ bruvantī mantharāṃ tataḥ| rāmasyaiva guṇāndevī kaikayī praśaśaṃsa ha||

English Meaning

Seeing Manthară dead set against Rāma, and speaking in this wise, the noble Kaikeyi praised the virtues of Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)