Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.8

अनाथश्च हि वृद्धश्च मया चैव विना कृतः। किं करिष्यति कामात्मा कैकेय्या वशमागतः।।।।।

anāthaśca hi vṛddhaśca mayā caiva vinā kṛtaḥ| kiṃ kariṣyati kāmātmā kaikeyyā vaśamāgataḥ|||||

English Meaning

Forlorn and old and deprived of me. I do not know what he will do, his soul possessed by desire, and having come under the influence of Kaikeyi.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)