एतस्मिन् निहते कृत्स्नामनुशाधि वसुंधराम्। अद्य पुत्रं हतं संख्ये कैकेयी राज्यकामुका॥ मया पश्येत् सुदुःखार्ता हस्तिभिन्नमिव द्रुमम्।
etasmin nihate kṛtsnāmanuśādhi vasuṃdharām| adya putraṃ hataṃ saṃkhye kaikeyī rājyakāmukā|| mayā paśyet suduḥkhārtā hastibhinnamiva drumam|
English Meaning
On this one being slain, you will rule the entire earth. To day shall Kaikeyi lusting after the kingdom, with grief behold her son slain in battle by me, like a tree riven by an elephants.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)