Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 42: Daśaratha Goes to Kausalyā’s Residence in Distress
Text 2.42.5

तां नयेन च सम्पन्नो धर्मेण विनयेन च।
उवाच राजा कैकेयीं समीक्ष्य व्यथितेन्द्रियः॥

tāṁ nayena ca sampanno dharmeṇa vinayena ca
uvāca rājā kaikeyīṁ samīkṣya vyathitendriyaḥ

tām = to her [as follows]; nayena ca = with ethical principles; sampannaḥ = was endowed; dharmeṇa = dharma; vinayena = proper conduct; ca = and; uvāca = and he spoke; rājā = the king; kaikeyīm = Queen Kaikeyī; samīkṣya = upon seeing; vyathita-indriyaḥ = his senses became agitated.

The king was endowed with ethical principles, dharma and proper conduct.1 Upon seeing Queen Kaikeyī, his senses became agitated and he spoke to her [as follows]. 

1 Nayena according to the commentator indicates that the king was endowed with the principles of nīti. Nīti refers to subreligious principles as well as the teachings of the Artha-śāstras.