Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.8
अनाथश्च हि वृद्धश्च मया चैव विनाकृतः।
किं करिष्यति कामात्मा कैकेयीवशमागतः॥
anāthaś ca hi vṛddhaś ca mayā caiva vinā-kṛtaḥ
kiṁ kariṣyati kāmātmā kaikeyī-vaśam āgataḥ
anāthaḥ ca hi = without a caretaker and protector; vṛddhaḥ ca = for the old king is; mayā = I have; ca eva = and; vinā-kṛtaḥ = left him there; kim = what; kariṣyati = will do; kāma-ātmā = that passionate soul; kaikeyī-vaśam = under the control of Kaikeyī; āgataḥ = having come.
For the old king is without a caretaker and protector and I have left him there. What will that passionate soul do, having come under the control of Kaikeyī?