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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 56: Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile. He begs her to stop deepening his pain, she apologizes and says five nights of separation have felt like five years

In the sequence: she says the five nights since Rāma left have felt like five years

2.56.15

taṃ hi cintayamānāyāḥ śoko 'yaṃ hṛdi vardhate
adīnām iva vegena samudrasalilaṃ mahat

As I brood upon him, this grief swells in my heart, as the great ocean-water swells with the force of the rivers.

Words: taṃ — him; hi — indeed; cintayamānāyāḥ — of (me) brooding; śoko — grief; 'yaṃ — this; hṛdi — in the heart; vardhate — grows, swells; adīnām — of the rivers; iva — like; vegena — with the force; samudrasalilaṃ — the ocean-water; mahat — great

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.