Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 96: Lakṣmaṇa Notices Bharata’s Army
Text 2.96.27
अद्य पुत्रं हतं सङ्ख्ये कैकेयी राज्यकामुका।
मया पश्येत्सुदुःखार्ता हस्तिभग्नमिव द्रुमम्॥
adya putraṁ hataṁ saṅkhye kaikeyī rājya-kāmukā
mayā paśyet suduḥkhārtā hasti-bhagnam iva drumam
adya = today; putram hatam = her son killed; saṅkhye = in battle 3; kaikeyī = Kaikeyī; rājya-kāmukā = who is greedy for the kingdom; mayā = by Me; paśyet = let see; suduḥkhārtā = in great distress; hasti-bhagnam = broken by an elephant; iva = like; drumam = a tree.
Let Kaikeyī who is greedy for the kingdom see in great distress her son killed in battle by Me today, like a tree broken by an elephant.