Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.14

मन्ये दशरथान्ताय मम प्रव्राजनाय च। कैकेयी सौम्य सम्प्राप्ता राज्याय भरतस्य च॥

manye daśarathāntāya mama pravrājanāya ca| kaikeyī saumya samprāptā rājyāya bharatasya ca||

English Meaning

O amiable one, I think that Kaikeyi has been born for making an end of Dasaratha, sending me into exile, and conferring the kingdom on Bharata.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)