Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.6

कथं त्वं कर्मणा शक्तः कैकेयीवशवर्तिनः। करिष्यसि पितुर्वाक्यमधर्मिष्ठं विगर्हितम् ॥

kathaṃ tvaṃ karmaṇā śaktaḥ kaikeyīvaśavartinaḥ| kariṣyasi piturvākyamadharmiṣṭhaṃ vigarhitam ||

English Meaning

Why shall you, being capable of work, conform to these impious and cursed words of your father, who is sadly under the influence of Kaikeyi.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)