Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.21

अहं राघव कैकेय्या वरदानेन मोहितः। अयोध्यायां त्वमेवाद्य भव राजा निगृह्य माम्॥

ahaṃ rāghava kaikeyyā varadānena mohitaḥ| ayodhyāyāṃ tvamevādya bhava rājā nigṛhya mām||

English Meaning

O Rāghava, I have been deprived of my senses in consequence of my having conferred boons on Kaikeyi. Do you therefore confining me to-day become king in Ayodhyā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)