एवमुक्ता तु सा कन्या कृताञ्जलिरथाब्रवीत्। आत्मप्रभावेण मुने ज्ञातुमर्हसि मे मतम्॥ किं तु मां विद्धिब्रह्मर्षे शासनात्पितुरागताम्। कैकसी नाम नाम्नाहं शेषं त्वं ज्ञातुमर्हसि॥
evamuktā tu sā kanyā kṛtāñjalirathābravīt| ātmaprabhāveṇa mune jñātumarhasi me matam|| kiṃ tu māṃ viddhibrahmarṣe śāsanātpiturāgatām| kaikasī nāma nāmnāhaṃ śeṣaṃ tvaṃ jñātumarhasi||
English Meaning
Thus addressed, the girl, with joined hands, said, 'O ascetic, you are competent to get at my intent by virtue of your own power. Yet, O Brahmarși, know me as having come here at the mandate of my sire. My name is Kaikasī. The rest do you read yourself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)