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)