Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.34_6

2.34_6

When Rāma was announced and shown in by Sumantra, the lord of the earth, as if possessed by a spirit, fell from his seat, and along with his wives, who were constantly lamenting, felt the longing to go to the forest himself.
Then Sumantra said to Kaikeyī:
“Queen, desist from this obstinacy, a drought upon the sprouting joy bursting forth at Rāma's consecration!
Long ago, your mother, having understood the language of all living beings through the grace of a boon, asked your father the cause of his laughter when he heard the conversation of ants crawling on the edge of his couch; and even though she knew that explaining it would cause her husband's death, she persisted; so she was discarded by the angry king on account of her excessive insistence—do not imitate her!”