भर्तारं तु परित्यज्य का स्त्री दैवतमात्मनः। इच्छेज्जीवितुमन्यत्र कैकेय्यास्त्यक्तधर्मणः॥
bhartāraṃ tu parityajya kā strī daivatamātmanaḥ| icchejjīvitumanyatra kaikeyyāstyaktadharmaṇaḥ||
English Meaning
What other woman except Kaikeyi lost to righteousness, having lost her deity, her lord, wishes to carry on existence in another's kingdom?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)