Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Kaikeyī Reaffirms her Demands
Text 2.12.41
यस्याः प्रसादे जीवामि या च मामभ्यपालयत्।
तस्याः कृतं मया मिथ्या कैकेय्या इति वक्ष्यसि॥
yasyāḥ prasāde jīvāmi yā ca mām abhyapālayat
tasyāḥ kṛtaṁ mayā mithyā kaikeyyā iti vakṣyasi
yasyāḥ = by whose; prasāde = mercy; jīvāmi = I am alive; yā = who; ca = and; mām = me; abhyapālayat = protected; tasyāḥ1 kṛtam = spoke; mayā = I; mithyā = untruth; kaikeyyāḥ iti = to Kaikeyī; vakṣyasi = will you say.
Will you say “I spoke untruth to Kaikeyī who protected me and by whose mercy I am alive”?
1 Technical note: tasyāḥ kaikeyyāḥ.
According to Kaikeyī, Daśaratha would then be obliged to answer them, “I spoke untruth to Kaikeyī by whose mercy I am alive because she protected me by taking me away from the battlefield when I had become unconscious.” Therefore, Kaikeyī wanted Daśaratha to carry out his promises now.