Seeing the king utterly incapable of speaking any thing personally owing to his heavy sorrow, Kaikeyī, the best counsellor in matters like these, addressed Sumantra with the following words.
यदा वक्तुं स्वयं दैन्यान्न शशाक महीपतिः। तदा सुमन्त्रं मन्त्रज्ञा कैकेयी प्रत्युवाच ह॥