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)