Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Kaikeyī Reaffirms her Demands
Text 2.12.34
मम वृद्धस्य कैकेयि गतान्तस्य तपस्विनः।
दीनं लालप्यमानस्य कारुण्यं कर्तुमर्हसि॥
mama vṛddhasya kaikeyi gatāntasya tapasvinaḥ
dīnaṁ lālapyamānasya kāruṇyaṁ kartum arhasi
mama = to me; vṛddhasya = old man; kaikeyi = Kaikeyī; gata-antasya = who has reached his end in life; tapasvinaḥ = a lamentable; dīnam = miserably; lālapyamānasya = talkative; kāruṇyam kartum arhasi = you should be merciful.
Kaikeyī, you should be merciful to me, a lamentable, miserably talkative old man who has reached his end in life.