Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 11: Kaikeyī Demands two Boons
Text 2.11.7
यं मुहूर्तमपश्यंस्तु न जीवेयमहं ध्रुवम्
तेन रामेण कैकेयि शपे ते वचनक्रियाम्
yaṁ muhūrtam apaśyaṁs tu na jīveyam ahaṁ dhruvam
tena rāmeṇa kaikeyi śape te vacana-kriyām
yam = whom; muhūrtam = for even a muhūrta; apaśyan tu = without seeing; na jīveyam = cannot live; aham = I; dhruvam = certainly; tena rāmeṇa = on Rāma; kaikeyi = Kaikeyī; śape = I promise; te = you; vacana-kriyām = that I will do as per your words.
Kaikeyī, I promise you on Rāma, without seeing whom for even a muhūrta I certainly cannot live, that I will do as per your words.