अनर्थमर्थरूपेण ग्राहिता सा ततस्तया॥ हृष्टा प्रतीता कैकेयी मन्थरामिदमब्रवीत्। सा हि वाक्येन कुब्जायाः किशोरीवोत्पथं गता॥ कैकेयी विस्मयं प्राप्य परं परमदर्शना।
anarthamartharūpeṇa grāhitā sā tatastayā|| hṛṣṭā pratītā kaikeyī mantharāmidamabravīt| sā hi vākyena kubjāyāḥ kiśorīvotpathaṃ gatā|| kaikeyī vismayaṃ prāpya paraṃ paramadarśanā|
English Meaning
Having been thus made to accept that for good which was really evil, Kaikeyi, desirous of obtaining the boons, was filled with delight. And at the words of the hump-backed woman, that exceedingly beautiful Kaikeyi experienced the height of surprise, and betook herself to this wrong course, like a mare attached to her young, (springing up after it). And she said to Manthara.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)