परन्तप O tormentor of enemies, Rama, मम my, मात्रा mother, स्त्रिया woman, कैकेय्या by Kaikeyi, नियुक्तः instigated, आत्मयशोहरम् destroying his reputation, सुमहत् great, इदं पापम् this sin, चकार commited.

O Rama, tormentor of enemies having been instigated by a woman, my mother Kaikeyi, committed this great sin of destroying his (Dasaratha's) reputation.