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)