Ayodhya Kaanda
66 - Dialogue between Sri Rama and His father; the sadness of the people of Ayodhya; their remonstrances with Kaikeyi
Chaupais
Description
"When everything was ready, God upset the whole plan!" Everywhere people abused Kaikeyi. "What sense could there be in this wicked woman having set fire to a house that had been newly thatched! She seeks to perceive after tearing out her eyes with her own hands, and wishes to taste poison throwing away nectar. This crooked hard-hearted and evil-minded wretch has appeared as fire to burn the cluster of bamboos in the shape of Raghu's race. Sitting on a twig she has hewn the tree itself; in the midst of joy she has raised a structure of sorrow. Sri Rama had always been dear to her as life: What has led her to resort to such perversity? Seers have truly said that a woman's mind is altogether incomprehensible, unfathomable and shrouded in mystery. Sooner may a man catch his own reflection than know the ways of a woman.