Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.15
अपीदानीं न कैकेयी सौभाग्यमदमोहिता।
कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च संप्रबाधेत मत्कृते॥
apīdānīṁ na kaikeyī saubhāgya-mada-mohitā
kausalyāṁ ca sumitrāṁ ca samprabādheta mat-kṛte
api1 idānīm = now; na = won’t; kaikeyī = Queen Kaikeyī; saubhāgya-mada-mohitā = bewildered by pride due to her good fortune; kausalyām ca = Queen Kausalyā; sumitrām = Queen Sumitrā; ca = and; samprabādheta = oppress; mat-kṛte = considering My relationship with them.
Won’t Queen Kaikeyī, bewildered by pride due to her good fortune, now oppress Queen Kausalyā and Queen Sumitrā, considering My relationship with them?
1 Technical note: api na.