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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.8

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

2.56.8

sa mūdrhṇi baddhvā rudatī rājñaḥ padmam ivāñjalim
saṃbhramād abravīt trastā tvaramāṇākṣaraṃ vacaḥ

Weeping, holding to her head the king's suppliant hands like a lotus, in agitation and fright she spoke words whose syllables came in haste:

Words: sa — she; mūdrhṇi — on (her) head; baddhvā — having clasped; rudatī — weeping; rājñaḥ — the king's; padmam — a lotus; ivāñjalim — like the joined palms; saṃbhramād — out of agitation; abravīt — said; trastā — frightened; tvaramāṇākṣaraṃ — with hurrying syllables; vacaḥ — words

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.