Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 107: Rāma Explains why the King Gave the Kingdom to KaikeyīText 2.107.13
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 107: Rāma Explains why the King Gave the Kingdom to Kaikeyī
Text 2.107.13
एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा गुणवन्तो बहुश्रुताः।
तेषां वै समवेतानामपि कश्चिद्गयां व्रजेत्॥
eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā guṇavanto bahu-śrutāḥ
teṣāṁ vai samavetānām api kaścid gayāṁ vrajet
eṣṭavyāḥ = one should hanker; bahavaḥ = for many; putrāḥ = sons; guṇavantaḥ = who have good qualities; bahu-śrutāḥ = and who have learnt a lot; teṣām vai = among all of the sons; samavetānām api = one has got; kaścit = one; gayām = to Gayā; vrajet = might go.
One should hanker for many sons who have good qualities and who have learnt a lot. Among all of the sons one has got, one might go to Gayā.