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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.47

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: he offers to serve them in the forest and bring them home when the exile ends

2.46.47

caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi sahitasya tvayā vane
kṣaṇabhūtāni yāsyanti śataśas tu tato 'nyathā

'For the fourteen years spent with you in the forest will pass as though a single moment; but otherwise, they would seem a hundred times as long.'

Words: caturdaśa — fourteen; hi — for; varṣāṇi — years; sahitasya — of (me) accompanying (you); tvayā — with you; vane — in the forest; kṣaṇabhūtāni — become (as) a moment; yāsyanti — will pass; śataśas — a hundredfold; tu — but; tato 'nyathā — otherwise than that

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.