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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.5

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

2.56.5

bhartā tu khalu nārīṇāṃ guṇavān nirguṇo 'pi vā
dharmaṃ vimṛśamānānāṃ pratyakṣaṃ devi daivatam

For a husband, O queen, whether he has virtues or none, is truly for women who ponder dharma their visible deity.

Words: bhartā — husband; tu — indeed; khalu — truly; nārīṇāṃ — of women; guṇavān — possessed of virtues; nirguṇo — without virtue; 'pi — even; vā — or; dharmaṃ — dharma; vimṛśamānānāṃ — of (women) reflecting on; pratyakṣaṃ — visible, present before the eyes; devi — O queen; daivatam — deity

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.