Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.122
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.122
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c9.122
To have a son, Daśaratha took as his second wife Kaikeyī, daughter of the King of Kekaya and younger sister of Yudhājit. But she turned out to be barren. Then he married Sumitrā, daughter of the King of Kāśī. Even after many years none of the three wives of Daśaratha presented him with a son.