Chapter 37 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 37.18

अतिप्रवृत्ते दुर्मेधे कैकेयि कुलपांसनि। वञ्चयित्वा तु राजानं न प्रमाणेऽवतिष्ठसि॥

atipravṛtte durmedhe kaikeyi kulapāṃsani| vañcayitvā tu rājānaṃ na pramāṇe'vatiṣṭhasi||

English Meaning

O you whose desires outrun your sense of honour, O you of perverted understanding, O befouler of your line, deceiving the monarch, you stay not within the pale of the promise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)