Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.38

यस्याः प्रसादे जीवामि या च मामभ्यपालयत्। यस्याः कृता मया मिथ्या कैकेय्या इति वक्ष्यसि ।।४१ ।

yasyāḥ prasāde jīvāmi yā ca māmabhyapālayat| yasyāḥ kṛtā mayā mithyā kaikeyyā iti vakṣyasi ||41 |

English Meaning

Wilt you say, “by whose favour do I live and who had tended me, to that Kaikeyi have I broken my promise?'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)