Chapter 78 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 78.21

हन्यामहमिमां पापां कैकेयीं दुष्टचारिणीम्। यदि मां धार्मिको रामो नासूयेन्मातृघातकम्॥

hanyāmahamimāṃ pāpāṃ kaikeyīṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm| yadi māṃ dhārmiko rāmo nāsūyenmātṛghātakam||

English Meaning

I myself would have slain this wicked Kaikeyi of impious deeds, if the righteous Rāma should not be displeased with me on account of my slaying my mother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)