To the royal couple, the night passed painfully and regretfully. In the dark silence Kausalya asked of Dasaratha, "My Lord, will Kaikeyi who has stung Rama with the poison of her deceit, now infest the palace like a snake that has cast off its slough? By depriving him of the crown, to gratify the whims of a wayward woman you have offered Rama as Havis, to the very Rakshasas. What harm will not befall my children, who roam the wilderness, surviving on the spartan offerings of the jungle. When will my son return to Ayodhya with his beautiful wife? I must have separated many a calf from its mother for I too am deprived of my child."
Summary
To the royal couple, the night passed painfully and regretfully. In the dark silence Kausalya asked of Dasaratha, "My Lord, will Kaikeyi who has stung Rama with the poison of her deceit, now infest the palace like a snake that has cast off its slough? By depriving him of the crown, to gratify the whims of a wayward woman you have offered Rama as Havis, to the very Rakshasas. What harm will not befall my children, who roam the wilderness, surviving on the spartan offerings of the jungle. When will my son return to Ayodhya with his beautiful wife? I must have separated many a calf from its mother for I too am deprived of my child."