Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 102: Rāma Performs Śrāddha for King Daśaratha
Text 2.102.8
kiṁ kariṣyāmy ayodhyāyāṁ tāte diṣṭāṁ gatiṁ gate
kas tāṁ rāja-varād dhīnām ayodhyāṁ pālayiṣyati
kim = what; kariṣyāmi = will I do; ayodhyāyām = in Ayodhyā; tāte = now that Our father; diṣṭām = arranged by time and providence 2; gatim = the destination; gate = has attained; kaḥ = who; tām1 rāja-varāt = that best of kings; hīnām = without; ayodhyām = Ayodhyā; pālayiṣyati = will maintain.
Now that Our father has attained the destination arranged by time and providence, what will I do in Ayodhyā? Who will maintain Ayodhyā without that best of kings?
1 Technical note: tām ayodhyām.