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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 35 Shloka 23
Original Shloka
माता ते पितरं देवि ततः केकयमब्रवीत्। शंस मे जीव वा मा वा न मामपहसिष्यसि।।2.35.23।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

देवि O Devi (Kaikeyi) ततः thereafter, ते माता your mother, पितरम् to your father, केकयम् to king of Kekaya, अब्रवीत् said, जीव वा whether you live, मा वा or die, मे to me, शंस tell, माम् me, न अपहसिष्यसि do not ridicule.

English Commentary

Then your mother said to your father, 'Whether you live or die, tell me the cause. You are laughing at me'.