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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.3

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: burdened by that memory as well as the present separation, he begs Kausalyā not to wound him further

2.56.3

amanās tena śokena rāmaśokena ca prabhuḥ
dahyamānas tu śokābhyāṃ kausalyām āha bhūpatiḥ

Out of his senses with that grief and with grief for Rāma, the lord, burning with both sorrows, the king spoke to Kausalyā:

Words: amanās — out of his mind; tena — by that; śokena — grief; rāmaśokena — by grief for Rāma; ca — and; prabhuḥ — the lord; dahyamānas — being burned; tu — and; śokābhyāṃ — by the two griefs; kausalyām — to Kausalyā; āha — said; bhūpatiḥ — the king

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.