Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.6

एकस्याः खलु कैकेय्याः कृतेऽयं खिद्यते जनः। स्वार्थ प्रयतमानायाः संश्रित्य निकृतिं त्विमाम्॥

ekasyāḥ khalu kaikeyyāḥ kṛte'yaṃ khidyate janaḥ| svārtha prayatamānāyāḥ saṃśritya nikṛtiṃ tvimām||

English Meaning

These people are in trouble in consequence of Kaikeyi alone striving by help of this craftiness to secure her interest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)