The monarch was truthful and remembering his vow and hearing the unpleasant and vile words of Kaikeyi lost himself (in grief).
स राजा सत्यवाग् देव्या वरदानमनुस्मरन्। मुमोह वचनं श्रुत्वा कैकेय्याः क्रूरमप्रियम्॥