Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Kaikeyī Reaffirms her Demands
Text 2.12.50
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं कैकेयी विरराम ह।
विलपन्तं च राजानं न प्रतिव्याजहार सा॥
etāvad uktvā vacanaṁ kaikeyī virarāma ha
vilapantaṁ ca rājānaṁ na prativyājahāra sā
etāvat = these; uktvā = having spoken; vacanam = words; kaikeyī = Kaikeyī; virarāma ha = became silent; vilapantam = to the lamenting; ca = anymore; rājānam = king; na = not; prativyājahāra = did reply; sā = she.
Having spoken these words, Kaikeyī became silent. She did not reply to the lamenting king anymore.