Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 66: Daśaratha’s Ministers Preserve his Body
Text 2.66.5
भर्तारं तं परित्यज्य का स्त्री दैवतमात्मनः।
इच्छेज्जीवितुमन्यत्र कैकेय्यास्त्यक्तधर्मणः॥
bhartāraṁ taṁ parityajya kā strī daivatam ātmanaḥ
icchej jīvitum anyatra kaikeyyās tyakta-dharmaṇaḥ
bhartāram tam = in the form of her husband; parityajya = would abandon; kā = which; strī = woman; daivatam = deity; ātmanaḥ = her; icchet = and [yet] desire; jīvitum = to live; anyatra = other than; kaikeyyāḥ = Kaikeyī; tyakta-dharmaṇaḥ = who has abandoned dharma.
Which woman would abandon her deity in the form of her husband and [yet] desire to live other than Kaikeyī who has abandoned dharma?