Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.32

मम वृद्धस्य कैकेयि गतान्तस्य तपस्विनः। दीनं लालप्यमानस्य कारुण्यं कर्तुमर्हसि॥

mama vṛddhasya kaikeyi gatāntasya tapasvinaḥ| dīnaṃ lālapyamānasya kāruṇyaṃ kartumarhasi||

English Meaning

It behove you, O Kaikeyi, to have pity on me, aged and on the verge of death, and afflicted with grief, and distressed, and engaged in lamentations.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)