सर्गः ५६

In which rebuked Daśaratha recalls past misdeed, begs Kausalyā pardon, and grief-seized sinks to sleep as night falls

Harsh Kausalyā words recall past misdeed — Burning with double grief Daśaratha begs favor — Daśaratha calls husband visible god to wives — Daśaratha bids grieved Kausalyā speak no harshness — Weeping Kausalyā begs pardon at his feet — Kausalyā says grief destroys all worse than foes — Rāma fifth night seems five years to her — Kausalyā says grief swells like river-fed sea — Night falls as Kausalyā speaks — Soothed king sinks into sleep grief-seized