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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil. Kausalyā blames Kaikeyī, the ministers place the body in an oil trough and await a son before cremation

In the sequence: deprived of both husband and son, she feels abandoned and blames Kaikeyī's ambition for the family's destruction

2.60.6

na lubdho budhyate doṣān kiṃ pākam iva bhakṣayan
kubjānimittaṃ kaikeyyā rāghavāṇān kulaṃ hatam

A greedy person does not perceive the evils, like one eating the kiṃpāka fruit; because of the hunchback, by Kaikeyī the lineage of the Rāghavas has been destroyed.

Words: na — not; lubdho — a greedy one; budhyate — perceives; doṣān — the evils, faults; kiṃ pākam — the kiṃpāka fruit (fair but poisonous); iva — like; bhakṣayan — eating; kubjānimittaṃ — on account of the hunchback; kaikeyyā — by Kaikeyī; rāghavāṇān — of the Rāghavas; kulaṃ — the lineage; hatam — destroyed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.