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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil. Kausalyā blames Kaikeyī, the ministers place the body in an oil trough and await a son before cremation

In the sequence: deprived of both husband and son, she feels abandoned and blames Kaikeyī's ambition for the family's destruction

2.60.5

bhartāraṃ taṃ parityajya kā strī daivatam ātmanaḥ
icchej jīvitum anyatra kaikeyyās tyaktadharmaṇaḥ

What woman, having forsaken that husband who is her very deity, would wish to live — save Kaikeyī, who has cast off all dharma?

Words: bhartāraṃ — husband; taṃ — that; parityajya — having abandoned; kā — what; strī — woman; daivatam — deity; ātmanaḥ — her own; icchej — would wish; jīvitum — to live; anyatra — otherwise than, except; kaikeyyās — than Kaikeyī; tyaktadharmaṇaḥ — who has abandoned dharma

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.