“Kaikeyí, art thou satisfied?

Now all thy longings are fulfilled;

The joy of Raghu's race is killed,

And ruined is the ancient line,

Destroyer, by that fraud of thine.

Ah, what offence, O cruel dame,

What fault in Ráma couldst thou blame,

To drive him clad in hermit dress

With Sítá to the wilderness?”

Great trembling seized her frame, and she