Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Kaikeyī Reaffirms her Demands
Text 2.12.64
तां हि मे सुकृतां बुद्धि सुहृद्भिः सह निश्चिताम्।
कथं द्रक्ष्याम्यपावृत्तां परैरिव हतां चमूम्॥
tāṁ hi me sukṛtāṁ buddhiṁ suhṛdbhiḥ saha niścitām
kathaṁ drakṣyāmy apāvṛttāṁ parair iva hatām camūm
tām hi1 me = my; sukṛtām = well formulated; buddhim = resolution; suhṛdbhiḥ = my well-wishing ministers; saha = with; niścitām = and ascertained; katham = how; drakṣyāmi = can I see; apāvṛttām = go topsy-turvy; paraiḥ = by its enemies; iva = like; hatām = destroyed; camūm = an army.
How can I see my resolution, well formulated and ascertained with my well-wishing ministers, go topsy-turvy like an army destroyed by its enemies?
1 Technical note: katham hi me tām sukṛtām suhṛdbhiḥ saha niścitām buddhim apāvṛttām drakṣyāmi.