Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.34

अञ्जलिं कुर्मि कैकेयि पादौ चापि स्पृशामि ते। शरणं भव रामस्य माधर्मो मामिह स्पृशेत्॥

añjaliṃ kurmi kaikeyi pādau cāpi spṛśāmi te| śaraṇaṃ bhava rāmasya mādharmo māmiha spṛśet||

English Meaning

O Kaikeyi, I clasp my palms, I fall at your feet, do you be the protector of Rāma, so that sin may not taint me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)