Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 20: Kausalyā’s Lamentation
Text 2.20.44
नित्यक्रोधतया तस्याः कथं नु खरवादि तत्।
कैकेय्या वदनं द्रष्टुं पुत्र शक्ष्यामि दुर्गता॥
nitya-krodhatayā tasyāḥ kathaṁ nu khara-vādi tat
kaikeyyā vadanaṁ draṣṭuṁ putra śakṣyāmi durgatā
nitya-krodhatayā tasyāḥ1 = in constant anger; katham nu = how; khara-vādi = that speaks harshly; tat = that very; kaikeyyāḥ = of Kaikeyī; vadanam = face; draṣṭum = see; putra = son; śakṣyāmi = can I; durgatā = lacking any support whatsoever.
Son, how can I, lacking any support whatsoever, see that very face of Kaikeyī that speaks harshly in constant anger?
1 Technical note: tasyāḥ kaikeyyāḥ vadanam.
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