Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Kaikeyī Reaffirms her Demands
Text 2.12.72
विप्रकारं च रामस्य संप्रयाणं वनस्य च।
सुमित्रा प्रेक्ष्य वै भीता कथं मे विश्वसिष्यति॥
viprakāraṁ ca rāmasya samprayāṇaṁ vanasya ca
sumitrā prekṣya vai bhītā kathaṁ me viśvasiṣyati
viprakāram ca = my perverse conduct; rāmasya = Rāma’s; samprayāṇam = exile; vanasya = into the forest; ca = and; sumitrā = Sumitrā; prekṣya = upon seeing; vai = certainly; bhītā = frightened; katham = how; me = me; viśvasiṣyati = will trust [anymore].
Frightened upon seeing my perverse conduct and Rāma’s exile into the forest, how will Sumitrā trust me [anymore]?
Daśaratha’s perverse conduct was his dishonor [of his promise to all] to coronate Rāma. Seeing that and Rāma’s exile into the forest, Sumitrā will become frightened by thinking, “Will my son also be dealt with so perversely?”