Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.126

c9.126

In the fight with the Śambaras on all points Daśaratha's chariot was so violently shaken that the key of its axle was about to slip off and fall down. Noticing the threatened danger Kaikeyī applied her finger to the proper place of the axle and thus averted the mishap. When Daśaratha knew about this timely action of Kaikeyī he was so very pleased that he asked her to choose any two boons she desired, and she asked him to keep the boons with him to be granted whenever she requested for them. Daśaratha and Kaikeyī took leave of Indra and returned to Ayodhyā. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa).