Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 10: Daśaratha Meets Kaikeyī
Text 2.10.33
मा रोदीर्मा च कार्षीस्त्वं देवि संपरिशोषणम्।
अवध्यो वध्यतां को वा को वा वध्यो विमुच्यताम्॥
mā rodīr mā ca kārṣīs tvaṁ devi sampariśoṣaṇam
avadhyo vadhyatāṁ ko vā ko vā vadhyo vimucyatām
mā = don’t; rodīḥ = cry; mā ca kārṣīḥ tvam = and don’t; devi = my queen; sampariśoṣaṇam = trouble [your body]; avadhyaḥ = who is not meant to die; vadhyatām = should be sentenced to death; kaḥ vā = which man; kaḥ vā = which man; vadhyaḥ = sentenced to death; vimucyatām = should be released.
My queen, don’t cry and don’t trouble [your body]. Which man who is not meant to die should be sentenced to death? Which man sentenced to death should be released?