Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 9: Kaikeyī Convinced by Mantharā
Text 2.9.19
अनभिज्ञा ह्यहं देवि त्वयैव कथिता पुरा।
कथैषा तव तु स्नेहान्मनसा धार्यते मया॥
anabhijñā hy ahaṁ devi tvayaiva kathitā purā
kathaiṣā tava tu snehān manasā dhāryate mayā
anabhijñā hi = did not know [this]; aham = I; devi = O Queen; tvayā eva = it was you who; kathitā = had related [this to me]; purā = previously; kathā = history; eṣā = this; tava tu = for you; snehāt = out of my love; manasā = in my mind; dhāryate = preserved; mayā = I have.
I did not know [this], O Queen. It was you who had previously related [this to me]. I have preserved this history in my mind out of my love for you.