Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 20: Kausalyā’s Lamentation
Text 2.20.43
यो हि मां सेवते कश्चिदथ वाप्यनुवर्तते।
कैकेय्याः पुत्रमन्वीक्ष्य स जनो नाभिभाषते॥
yo hi māṁ sevate kaścid atha vāpy anuvartate
kaikeyyāḥ putram anvīkṣya sa jano nābhibhāṣate
yaḥ hi = who; mām = me; sevate kaścit1 = serves; atha vā = or; api = even; anuvartate = talks to me pleasingly; kaikeyyāḥ = Kaikeyī’s; putram = of son Bharata; anvīkṣya = out of fear; saḥ = the; janaḥ = person; na = no longer; abhibhāṣate = will talk to me.
Even the person who serves me or talks to me pleasingly will no longer talk to me out of fear of Kaikeyī’s son Bharata.
1 Technical note: yaḥ kaścit mām sevate
This is another source of distress for Kausalyā after Rāma departs.