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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.6

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

2.56.6

sā tvaṃ dharmaparā nityaṃ dṛṣṭalokaparāvara
nārhase vipriyaṃ vaktuṃ duḥkhitāpi suduḥkhitam

You, ever devoted to dharma, who have seen the higher and lower worlds, ought not, even in your own grief, to speak what is unwelcome to one so deeply grieved.

Words: sā — she, such; tvaṃ — you; dharmaparā — devoted to dharma; nityaṃ — always; dṛṣṭalokaparāvara — O you who have perceived the higher and lower of the world; nārhase — you ought not; vipriyaṃ — an unwelcome thing; vaktuṃ — to speak; duḥkhitāpi — though grieved; suduḥkhitam — to one deeply grieved

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.