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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.4

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

2.56.4

prasādaye tvāṃ kausalye racito 'yaṃ mayāñjaliḥ
vatsalā cānṛśaṃsā ca tvaṃ hi nityaṃ pareṣv api

I beg your favour, Kausalyā; this suppliant gesture is offered by me; for you are ever tender and free of cruelty, even toward strangers.

Words: prasādaye — I beg the favour of; tvāṃ — you; kausalye — O Kausalyā; racito — made, formed; 'yaṃ — this; mayāñjaliḥ — by me the joined-palms; vatsalā — affectionate, tender; cānṛśaṃsā — and free of cruelty; ca — and; tvaṃ — you; hi — for, indeed; nityaṃ — always; pareṣv — toward others; api — even

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.