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[King Dasaratha enters the palace of Kaikeyi who is in the chamber of wrath--tries to pacify her in different ways.]

vidarśitā yadā dēvī kubjayā pāpayā bhṛśam.

tadā śētē sma sā bhūmau digdhaviddhēva kinnarī৷৷2.10.1৷৷

Translation

sā dēvī that queen (Kaikeyi), bhṛśam exceedingly, pāpayā sinful one, kubjayā by hunchback (Manthara), yadā when, vidarśitā perversely advised, tadā then, digdhaviddhēva as if struck by a poisonous arrow, kinnarīva like a 'kinnari', bhūmau on the floor, śētē sma lay down.

Perversely advised by the extremely sinful hunchback the queen (Kaikeyi) lay down on the ground like a kinnari struck as though by a poisonous arrow.