Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 42: Daśaratha Goes to Kausalyā’s Residence in Distress
Text 2.42.4
तस्य दक्षिणमन्वागात्कौसल्या बाहुमङ्गना।
वामं चास्यान्वगात्पार्श्वं कैकेयी भरतप्रिया॥
tasya dakṣiṇam anvāgāt kausalyā bāhum aṅganā
vāmaṁ cāsyānvagāt pārśvaṁ kaikeyī bharata-priyā
tasya = his; dakṣiṇam = his right; anvāgāt = came to lift; kausalyā = Kausalyā; bāhum = arm; aṅganā = wife; vāmam = left arm; ca = and; asya = his; anvagāt = went; pārśvam = near; kaikeyī = Kaikeyī; bharata-priyā = who loved her son Bharata.
His wife Kausalyā came to lift his right arm and Kaikeyī who loved her son Bharata went near his left arm.
1 Kausalyā held Daśaratha’s right arm to lift him up while Kaikeyī wanted to hold his left arm for the same purpose.
Pārśvam (“near”) indicates that Kaikeyī did not [yet] hold his [left] arm like Kausalyā.1