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'.