kaikeyī sukhitā
manthare ,ahaṃ tvatto rāmābhiṣekaṃ śrutavatī .kintv ahaṃ na duḥkhitā .manthare ,etan mahat priyaṃ mama !
rāmo na mama putraḥ ,kintu rāmo mama priyaḥ .rāmo bharataś ca priyau mama .ahaṃ ca priyā rāmasya .
etasmād ahaṃ sukhitā .etasmād ahaṃ tava bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā sukhaṃ gatā .
manthare ,ahaṃ tubhyaṃ varaṃ dadāmi .tvaṃ kiṃ varam icchasi ?vṛṇu ,manthare !ahaṃ tubhyaṃ kiṃcit priyaṃ kartum icchāmi .
kaikeyi ,tvaṃ kasmāt prītiṃ gatā ?kasmāc ca duḥkhitāṃ bhītāṃ māṃ na jānāsi ?na kiṃcij jānāsi ,devi !
rāmaḥ putraḥ kausalyāyāḥ .kausalyāputraḥ śvo yuvarājo bhaviṣyati .śvaḥ sarve brāhmaṇā rāmam abhiṣekṣyanti .etasmāt kausalyāyā mahatī prītiḥ .
bhavatu .kintu rāmo na tava putraḥ .tvaṃ kā bhaviṣyasi ?ahaṃ jānāmi .tvaṃ na kausalyāyāḥ priyā .etasmāt kausalyāyā dāsī bhaviṣyasi .rāme 'bhiṣikte ,dāsī bhaviṣyasi .
rāmapatnī ca sukhinī bhaviṣyati .kintu bharatapatnyāḥ kiṃ sukhaṃ bhavet ?