सकामा भव कैकेयि विधवा राज्यमावस। नहि तं पुरुषव्याघ्रं विना जीवितुमुत्सहे॥
sakāmā bhava kaikeyi vidhavā rājyamāvasa| nahi taṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ vinā jīvitumutsahe||
English Meaning
O Kaikeyi, do you realise your desire, do you becoming a widow, rule this kingdom. Without that best of men I cannot live.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)