Chapter 48 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 48.18

कैकेय्या न वयं राज्ये भृतका हि वसेमहि । जीवन्त्या जातु जीवन्त्यः पुत्रैरपि शपामहे ॥

kaikeyyā na vayaṃ rājye bhṛtakā hi vasemahi | jīvantyā jātu jīvantyaḥ putrairapi śapāmahe ||

English Meaning

We swear by our sons that so long as Kaikeyi is alive, we living will never stay in her kingdom, although we may be maintained by her.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)