Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 13: Kaikeyī Rejects Daśaratha’s Sorrowful Plea
Text 2.13.13
नृशंसे पापसङ्कल्पे रामं सत्यपराक्रमम्।
किं विप्रियेण कैकेयि प्रियं योजयसे मम॥
nṛśaṁse pāpa-saṅkalpe rāmaṁ satya-parākramam
kiṁ vipriyeṇa kaikeyi priyaṁ yojayase mama
nṛśaṁse = O cruel; pāpa-saṅkalpe = who has resolved to engage in sin; rāmam = Rāma; satya-parākramam = who is heroic in truthfulness; kim = why; vipriyeṇa = displeasingly go to Daṇḍakāraṇya; kaikeyi = Kaikeyī; priyam = dear; yojayase = do you make; mama = my.
O cruel Kaikeyī who has resolved to engage in sin, why do you make my dear Rāma who is heroic in truthfulness displeasingly go to Daṇḍakāraṇya?