Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.18

क्षुद्रकर्मा हि कैकेयी द्वेषादन्यायमाचरेत्। परिदद्याद्धि धर्मज्ञ गरं ते मम मातरम्॥

kṣudrakarmā hi kaikeyī dveṣādanyāyamācaret| paridadyāddhi dharmajña garaṃ te mama mātaram||

English Meaning

Kaikeyi is surely mean-minded, she perpetrates wrongs from malice. O you cognizant of virtue, she may administer poison to my mother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)