Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.23

न न्यूनं मयि कैकेयि किंचिदाशंससे गुणान् । यद् राजानमवोचस्त्वं ममेश्वरतरा सती ॥

na nyūnaṃ mayi kaikeyi kiṃcidāśaṃsase guṇān | yad rājānamavocastvaṃ mameśvaratarā satī ||

English Meaning

Oh Kaikeyī, certain it is that you are not acquainted with my foremost virtues, inasmuch as possessing full authority to rule me, you have requested the monarch for this.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)