Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.7

सा हि देवी महाराज कैकेयी राज्यकारणात्। अपि न च्यावयेत् प्राणान् दृष्ट्वा भरतमागतम्॥

sā hi devī mahārāja kaikeyī rājyakāraṇāt| api na cyāvayet prāṇān dṛṣṭvā bharatamāgatam||

English Meaning

Will not that revered lady, for the purpose of having Bharata established in the kingdom, take the king's life, when she shall see Bharata arrived?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)