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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.76.16

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 76: Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life. Rāma gives the bow to Varuṇa and comforts Daśaratha, Ayodhyā welcomes the couples and Rāma & Sītā grow in mutual affection

In the sequence: his affection grows through her character, beauty, and their honored marriage → her love answers his, understood heart to heart

1.76.16

tasyāś ca bhartā dviguṇaṃ hṛdaye parivartate
antarjātam api vyaktam ākhyāti hṛdayaṃ hṛdā

And her husband dwelt doubly in her heart; and though her feeling arose within, her heart openly declared it, heart to heart.

Words: tasyāś — her; ca — and; bhartā — the husband; dviguṇaṃ — doubly, twofold; hṛdaye — in the heart; parivartate — dwells, moves about; antarjātam — born within, inward; api — even, though; vyaktam — openly, manifestly; ākhyāti — declares, tells forth; hṛdayaṃ — the heart; hṛdā — (to the other) heart, heart to heart

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.