Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 13: Kaikeyī Rejects Daśaratha’s Sorrowful Plea
Text 2.13.20
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजा कैकेयीं संयताञ्जलिः।
प्रसादयामास पुनः कैकेयीं चेदमब्रवीत्॥
evam uktvā tato rājā kaikeyīm saṁyatāñjaliḥ
prasādayām āsa punaḥ kaikeyīṁ cedam abravīt
evam = this; uktvā tataḥ = having said; rājā = the king; kaikeyīm = to Kaikeyī; saṁyata-añjaliḥ = joined his palms in supplication; prasādayām āsa = appeased; punaḥ = again; kaikeyīm = Kaikeyī; ca = and; idam = as follows; abravīt = spoke.
Having said this to Kaikeyī, the king joined his palms in supplication, appeased Kaikeyī again and spoke as follows.