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Having ordered the anointment of

Raghava, the great king, of great fame,

entered the lovely apartment of Kaikeyi,

like the moon entering the sky covered

with white clouds and with Rahu present

in it.
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 

 
स वृद्धस्तरुणीं भार्यायां प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसीम् ।

अपापः पापसङ्कल्यांपां ददर्श धरणीतले ॥
 

That old and sinless king saw his young

wife, dearer to him than even his own life

(lying) on the floor with a cruel resolve.
 

 
परिमृश्य च पाणिभ्यामुवाच वनितामिदम् ।
 

Stroking her with his hands, he said this

to his youthful wife :
 

 
आत्मनो र्ज जीवितेनापि ब्रूहि यन्मनसेच्छसि ।

करिष्यामि तव प्रीतिं सुकृतेनापि ते शपे ॥
 
66
 

" Tell me what you desire in your mind.

With my own life, (if need be) I will do

your pleasure.
I swear it to you on all
my good deeds.
 
I swear it to you on all
 

 
यं मुहूर्तमपश्यंस्तु न जीवेयमहं ध्रुवम् ।

तेन रामेण कैकेयि शपे ते वचनक्रियाम् ॥