Chapter 22 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 22.14

कैकेय्याः प्रतिपत्तिर्हि कथं स्यान्मम वेदने। यदि तस्या न भावोऽयं कृतान्तविहितो भवेत्॥

kaikeyyāḥ pratipattirhi kathaṃ syānmama vedane| yadi tasyā na bhāvo'yaṃ kṛtāntavihito bhavet||

English Meaning

Had not destiny been instrumental; in bringing about this; determination in Kaikeyi, she would not have been so much persevering in the infliction of misery upon me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)