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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.7
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 takes his folded hands and apologizes
2.56.7
tad vākyaṃ karuṇaṃ rājñaḥ śrutvā dīnasya bhāṣitam
kausalyā vyasṛjad bāṣpaṃ praṇālīva navodakam
Hearing that piteous speech uttered by the wretched king, Kausalyā let her tears flow, like a channel [releasing] fresh water.
Words: tad — that; vākyaṃ — speech; karuṇaṃ — piteous; rājñaḥ — of the king; śrutvā — having heard; dīnasya — of the wretched; bhāṣitam — spoken, uttered; kausalyā — Kausalyā; vyasṛjad — released, let flow; bāṣpaṃ — tears; praṇālīva — like a channel; navodakam — fresh water
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.